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MAC214

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1)

Search engines are also
called
__spiders or robots

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2)

The “5Ws & H”
communication model was
propounded by

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3)

When was West Africa Pilot
founded?

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4)

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?

5 / 70

5)

When was The “5Ws & H”
communication model
propounded?

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6)

If journalist underestimates
or overestimates their
audience, there is a
tendency that

7 / 70

7)

Another name for straight
News is _______

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8)

Investigative Journalists
should always engage in
undercover reporting.

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9)

The history of Journalism in
Nigeria cannot be complete
without the mention
of______

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10)

“Threat to life” is a
to investigative journalism

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11)

The first centre of attraction
to the readers in an
investigative story is the

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12)

The
__or caption is an important
part of the entire piece
because it is the first centre
of attraction for the reader

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13)

Letter ‘S’ in the acronym,
NEWS stand for

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14)

__is two or more
paragraphs building up to a
paragraph that tells readers
the major points of the story
?

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15)

If an investigative reporter
who is working for a
newspaper got a story
wrong, he might be sued for

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16) The beginning of journalism in Nigeria started with the __newspaper

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17)

The ______communication
model was propounded
1948

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18)

Which paper was founded
byJames Bright Davies?

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19)

James Bright Davies
founded ______ in 1910

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20)

The Iwe Irohin was Written
by

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21)

Judging whether a
statement is defamatory will
normally involves how
many steps?

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22)

Who sold Lagos Daily
News to Herbert Macaulay

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23)

Who probes falsity when
defamatory statements
involve matter of public
interest, Plaintiff or
Defendant?

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24)

Which country did Nigeria
import its press law from
__?

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25)

Introduction to an
investigative news story is
also known as the

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26)

The purpose of in-depth
investigative stories is
generally to
something.

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27)

The liberal press is a
misnomer

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28)

Which of these is not a
limitation to investigative
reporting?

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29)

According to Burns (2002),
news provided by a
journalist performs
_____major functions in a
society.

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30)

What is the major
difference between
investigative journalism and
hard news reportage?

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31)

Judging whether a
statement is defamatory will
normally involve
__steps.

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32)

Media gatekeepers exist to
ensure that standards and
expectations are met. True
OR False
__?

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33)

Which type of news is less
current, entertains and
informs while appealing to
reader’s emotion

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34)

Categories of limitations to
interpretative journalism
include all except_____?

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35)

For a journalist to be a
watch dog, he must
engaged in ________

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36)

Who consumes the
message sent out by the
journalist

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37)

Which ethical principle
requires that when there is
an extreme position in a
situation, one seeks a
middle ground ?

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38)

Inequalities in capitalist
dominated societies lead to

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39)

The mass media always
have strained relationships
with the government during
the military regime because
they engaged in _________

40 / 70

40)

According to________
(2000) a primary source is
an expert recognized as
aleading authority on a
topic

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41)

Nigeria imported its press
laws from the
common law tradition?

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42)

Nigeria’s press laws are
based on British and
traditions?

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43)

According to Brady (1977)
interviews are based on two
major aims for the journalist
and these are trust and
_______

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44)

Many newspapers were
shut down during military
regime because they
engaged in_____

45 / 70

45)

Newspapers can “report”
indirectly some stories that
cannot be categorically
reported in texts, by means
of

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46) Usenet is another name for

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47)

Technological limitation
means a media house lacks
required _______to carry
out the investigative
reporting,

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48)

______Is a factual report of
news that is current and
important

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49)

Straight news or hard news
is a_______ report of news
that is current and
important

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50)

In developing an
investigative report item
more than one source is
essential. True OR False?

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51)

Is defamation a civil or
criminal offence ?

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52)

Interpretative journalism is
a SINE QUA NON for every
journalist

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53)

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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54)

Determinants of
interpretative journalism
includes all but one

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55)

All reporters are
investigators

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56)

One of these is not among
the importance of
investigative reporting

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57)

_is defamation by spoken
words or gesture?

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58)

The letter “E” in news
represents

59 / 70

59)

Itule and Anderson
propounded the Funnel and
interviews

60 / 70

60)

A good
_draws the readers’
attention into the body of
the story

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61)

Defamation is made up
of______

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62)

Liberal theory of the press
can be found in which stage
of Steven Wards’s six
stages in the development
of journalism ethics
_?

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63)

Captions may be in
question format e.g. Who
killed Dele Giwa? . True OR
False?

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64)

Investigative journalism
involves getting the news
behind the

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65)

The purpose of in-depth
investigative stories is
generally to
something. True or False?

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66)

The law of
__is one of the most
common allegations
brought against journalists.

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67)

In investigative reporting,
deadline does not count.
True or

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68)

Many newspaperswere
shut down during military
regime because they
engaged in_______

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69)

If a media house is
influenced by the publisher
to carry out investigative
reporting, such media
house is limited by

70 / 70

70)

The letter “N” in news
represents

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