Journalism 105                          YOUR NAME ________________________________

1. Which do you have access to in your primary residence?

(Mark as many as you wish)

a)      Cable television                   e) On-Demand Movies

b)      Broadcast TV only              f) Satellite radio

c)      Satellite television               g) Broadcast radio only

d)      Pay-TV                               h) I have no television at all

e)      On-demand movies             i) I have no radio at all                     Other____________________

2) What is your primary source of news?

a) cable news networks                                          b) Local broadcast TV stations   m)  BBC or BBC America

c) Network News shows, including Nightline       d) Satellite Radio

e) Broadcasting Radio                                            f) Public TV                            Other__________________

g) Premium Channels like HBO or Showtime       h) NPR

i) Local public radio                                               j) Comedy Central

k) News magazines                                                 l) alJazeera

3) Which medium do you find most believable when it comes to news reporting?

a) Newspapers                      g) the internet, including bloggers

b) cable talk shows               h) News magazines

c) Network TV news            i) radio talk shows

d) Local TV news                 j) NPR                                             Other_____________________

e) cable-TV news shows      k) Wire Services

f) Public TV                         l) Local public radio

4) What is your favorite broadcast TV station or cable channel for art/entertainment/music or culture?

5) What is your single, favorite electronic medium? (aka ipod, cds, cell phone, texting).

BRAIN TEASERS

1. The agency charged with governing the airwaves in the United States is

a) FTC      b) CNN      c) CDC      d) FCC     e) Commerce Department    f) Justice Department

2. The Tribune Co. is in bankruptcy. It owns which major media outlets in the Los Angeles market?

a) KNX-AM & KFWB-AM

b) The L.A. Times newspaper & KTLA, Ch. 5

c) Daily Breeze & Long Beach Press Telegram newspapers

d) The Lakers and Channel 9

e) Channels 11 & 13.

3. Cable television was first used in the United States in what year?

a) 1948

b) 1958

c) 1972

d) 1980

e) 1990

4. Which of the following are part of the same media conglomerate?

a) Fox News Channel & myspace

b) ABC & NBC

c) Comedy Central & MSNBC

d) The New York Times & The Los Angeles Times

e) My Network TV and CBS, Channel 2     

5. What is a Tweet?

a) sound radio station makes when going off air

b) a candy bar

c) a friend on Facebook 

d) Twitter message

e) A station using digital radio frequency

f) TV’s Emergency Broadcasting System