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Kindly note that you will be presented with 50 questions randomized from the NOUN question bank. Make sure to take the quiz multiple times so you can get familiar with the questions and answers, as new questions are randomized in each attempt.
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MAC214
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Search engines are also called __spiders or robots
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Most investigative stories are presented in feature format. True OR False?
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Judging whether a statement is defamatory will normally involves how many steps?
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According to Burns (2002), news provided by a journalist performs _____major functions in a society.
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Technological limitation means a media house lacks required _______to carry out the investigative reporting,
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James Bright Davies founded ______ in 1910
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According to________ (2000) a primary source is an expert recognized as aleading authority on a topic
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The letter “N” in news represents
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Investigative reporting also involves uncovering social, economic or cultural developments
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Determinants of interpretative journalism includes all but one
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Mass media act as the middle man between the policy formulators and _______
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Who probes falsity when defamatory statements involve matter of public interest, Plaintiff or Defendant?
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Who sold Lagos Daily News to Herbert Macaulay
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If Nigerian government seized the license of a media house for engaging in investigative reporting, this limitation is under _________
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“People should behave only as they wish everyone else to behave” This statement is emphasised in which of the ethical principles ?
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Which ethical principle requires you to judge what is right by asking what will give the greatest good to the greatest number of people ?
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Many newspaperswere shut down during military regime because they engaged in_______
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James Bright Davies founded ______ in 1910?
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According to Levin (2000:18) hard news is also called ______news
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The purpose of in-depth investigative stories is generally to something.
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Which paper was founded byJames Bright Davies?
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Proprietorial interference, which is one of the limitations to investigative reporting means_______
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Which of these is not among the elements of investigative reporting?
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Should an investigative reporter pay attention to deadlines? Yes OR No?
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Who formulated Categorical Imperative __?
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For a journalist to be a watch dog, he must engaged in ________
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_is defamation by spoken words or gesture?
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The liberal press is a misnomer
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To know your audience properly you must embark on to find out more about them
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Nigeria imported its press laws from the common law tradition?
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All reporters are investigators
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An investigative story always starts with
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Categories of limitations to interpretative journalism include all except_____?
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The purpose of in-depth investigative stories is generally to something. True or False?
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According to Brady (1977) interviews are based on two major aims for the journalist and these are trust and _______
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When was The “5Ws & H” communication model propounded?
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What does the governments use most often, to justify illegal, dangerous or unethical acts and to restrict or discourage journalists from reporting on a real problem?
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When was West African Pilot founded __?
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Media owners influence is a type of _______ limitations to investigative reporting
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Newspapers can “report” indirectly some stories that cannot be categorically reported in texts, by means of
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The “5Ws & H” communication model was propounded by
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are the life blood of a good investigative story.
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Defamation is made up of______
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How many stages is the alternate ‘view of press’ theory proposed by Steven Ward?
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Which type of news is less current, entertains and informs while appealing to reader’s emotion
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Press laws in many African countries take their roots from common law family of the English or law family of the French
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The level of fault a plaintiff needs to prove depends on whether the plaintiff is a public figure or a individual.
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The mass media always have strained relationships with the government during the military regime because they engaged in _________
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