9. Which choice best defines culture?

Question

A) facts or information delivered through media
B) media intended to communicate with a broad audience
C) a vehicle for the communication of content
D) the shared values, attitudes, and practices of a group

10. Journalists adhere to ethical values when they ______________ information with multiple sources and report the facts they find in a[n] _______________ way.
A) distinguish
B) verify
C) dissect
D) synthesize
E) interesting
F) slanted
G) accurate
H) persuasive

11. Which of the following would be considered a violation of the use of a professional photograph covered under the Creative Commons BY-ND licensee? (With this license, users may copy and distribute the material, but they may not change it and must give credit to the original creator.)
A) uploading the photograph to one's social media page, thanking the photographer who took the photo
B) photoshopping a house into the photograph
C) putting the image on a flyer with the creator's name on the bottom and distributing it
D) uploading the photograph to one's own personal web page with an attribution to the creator

Answer 1

9. The choice that best defines culture is:
D) the shared values, attitudes, and practices of a group.

10. Journalists adhere to ethical values when they ______________ information with multiple sources and report the facts they find in a[n] _______________ way.
The best completion is:
B) verify and G) accurate.
So, the full sentence would be: "Journalists adhere to ethical values when they verify information with multiple sources and report the facts they find in an accurate way."

11. The following would be considered a violation of the use of a professional photograph covered under the Creative Commons BY-ND license:
B) photoshopping a house into the photograph.
This is a violation because the BY-ND license prohibits any alterations to the original work.