MAC121

All radio and television
scripts beside commercials
is called

_____ codes reflect an
organization’s commitment
to certain standards of
conduct

According to
_, an action is justified if the
intentions of the doer are
good, regardless of the
consequences that ensure
from the action

Reporters’ area of
specialization or coverage
is journalistically referred to
as

The Law of Defamation
applies to

Quotations give a sense
that readers have talked
directly with the sources.

theory calls for
decentralization and
localization of mass media
structures and control in
order to ensure community
participation in media
activities

A situation whereby a
journalist believes that
writing or publishing certain
stories would be offensive
to his or her employer is
known

______ theory believes that
the press have certain
obligations to society which
must be accepted and
fulfilled

Specialist reporters could
also be regarded as______

The Inverted Pyramid
Format of writing means the
story begins with

One of this is not a principle
of the International Code of
Ethics for journalists

With regards to the ethics
of news writing and
reporting, the ____
journalist acts according to
his/her whims and caprices

The Attribute of a reporter
does not include

SOF means

Objectivist theory holds that
ethics is
rather than emotional

Transmission of the social
heritage from one
generation to the next is

As a reporter, some of your
morally correct principles
and standards could be
compromised in certain
circumstances. This is the
position of

Journalistic ethics is
ultimately concerned with
for journalistic actions

The following are not types
of lead except

Special reporter could be
assigned to report crime,
sport or business. True or
false?

Theory states that it is the
result or consequence of
actions that determine the
rightness or wrongness of
such action

Between 1979 and 1983,
many journalists sold their
souls and craft to the
highest political bidder or
indeed to anyone who puts
up the bid. This is a vivid
picture of an ________
ethical crisis

When events that depart
from everyday experiences
make news, it is because of
the
involved.

Man’s ability to feel and
empathize with others
makes it possible for
him/her to behave ______

The
naturally makes the first
decision on what
constitutes news

Teleological theory of ethics
is also called

The International principles
of Professional Ethics in
journalism emerged in

Journalism is sometimes
metaphorically regarded as
in a hurry

Information that may be
used by a reporter on
his/her own responsibility
and cannot be attributed
even to a “reliable source”
is called

Materials meant for a
newspaper story are still
referred to as

The standard radio
broadcasting - AM means

Which regulatory body‘s
code of conduct reads thus,
“in obtaining news or
pictures, reporters and
press photographers should
do nothing that will cause
pain or humiliation to
innocent, bereaved or
otherwise distressed
persons’

____ Theory states that it is
the result or consequence
of actions that determine
the rightness or wrongness
of such action

The first code of ethics for
journalists in Nigeria was
established in

Mast head:

is the main theme of the
story which provides the
spine of the story.

The most used lead in
Nigerian national
newspapers is

theory believes that the
press have certain
obligations to society which
must be accepted and
fulfilled

Determinants of news
include all except @

A beat reporter could be
regarded as a

The authoritarian theory
dates back to the

Embargoed news materials
are termed HFR. This
means

Restore the cancelled
version written in a copy is
designated as

When your sources are
anonymous, your readers
congratulate you for
upholding the confidentiality
of sources

Objectivist theory holds that
ethics is _______ rather
than emotional

The Reporter must write
and shape the writing to the
following except

theory consists mainly of
guidelines, techniques,
traditions and conventions
that guide the work of
media production

Which date is appropriate
for Broadcast copy

All Radio and TV script
besides commercial refers
to

Reporters discover and
publish information that is
based on rumour and
speculation

lead is almost like a
headline. It is usually a
short sentence but if
deployed effectively, can
have great effect.

Continuity means

The
attributes of a journalist
requires that he/she
develops the ability to be
impartial, impersonal and
dispassionate

A good constitutional
representation of the
libertarian press is found in
the

Surveillance of the
environment has to do
with______

s the body expected to
interpret the code while
acting as a judicator when
any of the provisions of the
code is breached

A reporter could function
without ethical issues but
cannot function without
legal issues

Reporters primarily write for
the following reasons ____

The four theories of the
press is associated with
Siebert, Peterson and

From the perspective of
Lasswell and Wright (1948),
when the press collects and
distributes information, it is
engaging in

CAR refers to

One of these provisions is
not contained in the codes
for Nigerian Journalists

Generally, abbreviations
should be used in
broadcast copy. True or
False?

Soviet-communist media
theory was prevalent in

helps stories move in a
smooth, logical order from
field to the next

In a radio or TV station, the
schedule of broadcasting is
called

Specialist reporters could
also be regarded as

In the Newsroom, the head
holds his/her regular
briefings over the

Reporters who cover
specialized beats in both
the print and electronic
media have the same
functions

The first code of ethics for
journalists in Nigeria was
established in ____

Cut line is also called

The media theory that calls
for grassroots participation
in the control of the media
is the

A reporter who has a
natural instinct for news,
could easily identify news,
is said to have

The practice of working as
a Journalist for a
Newspaper and at the
same time a Press
Secretary to a Governor
amounts to

The International principles
of Professional Ethics in
journalism emerged in

Transmission of the social
heritage from one
generation to the next
is____

The four theories of the
press could also be aptly
describes as

The media function that
concerns interpretation and
analysis is regarded by
Lasswell & Wright as

Man’s ability to feel and
empathize with others
makes it possible for
him/her to behave1

With regards to the ethics
of news writing and
reporting, the
journalist acts according to
his/her whims and caprices

The media function that
concerns interpretation and
analysis is regarded by
Lasswell & Wright as

If your job is to make
inquiries rather than attend
a function, the
section of the library should
be your first port of call

The heart of news
gathering operation is the

Absolutist theory of ethics is
based on the
_of ethics

The abuse of freedom by
the press in the 20th
Century led to the calls for
a _______

The instrument most
professions, including the
media profession uses to
regulate the professional
conduct of their members is
codified as

codes reflect an
organization’s commitment
to certain standards of
conduct

VDU refers to

Antinomian theory is closely
related to

When a newspaper or any
other mass medium
presents news in a way
designed to arouse a quick
and excited reaction, this is
amounts to

The former Editor of The
Times, Herold Evans, says
News is

A radio spectrum frequency
assigned to a radio or
television station(s) is
called

Add means

Teleological theory of ethics
is also called ______

Because reporters are able
to recount events and
happenings in a society per
time, they are often referred
to as

The function of the press
does not include

An action is either good or
bad depending on the
context in which it was
made. This is the position
of ______

The name of the city or
town and date, which are
placed at the beginning of
stories that do not have
local origin is called

The word(s) placed on a
copy to designate the story
is called

The first code of ethics for
journalists in Nigeria was
established in

The Newspaper library,
where published stories,
photographs and resource
materials are stored for
reference purposes is
called

Dateline refers to

Referring to the press as
the “Fourth Estate” of the
realm became common in
the

Objectivist theory holds that
ethics is
rather than emotional

A telephone conversation
or interview recorded for
later playback on air is
called

As a reporter, some of your
morally correct principles
and standards could be
compromised in certain
circumstances. This is the
position of ____

The excesses of ____
necessitated the need for
the society to demand a
high moral standard from
journalists

Journalistic ethics is
ultimately concerned with
______ for journalistic
actions

According to ____, an
action is justified if the
intentions of the doer are
good, regardless of the
consequences that ensure
from the action

The first and last keepers in
the news gathering
business are reporter and
respectively

Morgue is

Information given to a
reporter in complete
confidence and should not
be printed under any
circumstances is called

Reporters’ area of
specialization is often called

Absolutist theory of ethics is
based on the ________ of
ethics

The head of the newsroom
operations is

Every reporter must have
an area of specialization in
media organization

A lead provides answer to
all except

Writing news stories from
tips gotten from cocktail
parties could be regarded
as

Theory states that it is the
result or consequence of
actions that determine the
rightness or wrongness of
such action

Because the reporter helps
chronicle events as they
happen, he/she is fondly
regarded as

The Umbrella Code for
journalists in Nigeria is

The excesses of
necessitated the need for
the society to demand a
high moral standard from
journalists

Journalistic professional
ethical norms first began to
be codified in

The following abbreviation
except one are allowed in a
broadcast

Journalistic ethics as a
branch of philosophy helps
journalists’ in determining
what is

A broadcast to a station to
be recorded or sent to
another station or other
stations is called

A Cub refers to

An action is either good or
bad depending on the
context in which it was
made. This is the position
of

HFR refers to

The heading on the editorial
page that gives information
about the Newspaper is
called

The abuse of freedom by
the press in the 20th
Century led to the calls for
a

Cut line is also called

Programmes broadcast
seven days a week at the
same time is called

Special reporter could be
assigned to report______

Antinomian theory is closely
related to _____

The functions of print media
reporters and editors are
the same with that of
electronic media reporters
and editors

VDU screens means

Journalistic professional
ethical norms first began to
be codified in _____

_____ is the body expected
to interpret the code while
acting as a judicator when
any of the provisions of the
code is breached

Credit line means

Reporters’ area of
specialization is often called
___

The 5 key principles of
radio programme include all
except

The Umbrella Code for
journalists in Nigeria is
____

Reporters who cover
specialized beats in both
the print and electronic
media have the same
functions. True or False?

Surveillance of the
environment has to do with

involves crediting a story to
a source

A beat reporter could be
regarded as a______

The well known four
theories of the press
include all except

Journalistic ethics as a
branch of philosophy helps
journalists’ in determining
what is ______