Name 6) In general, the news is based in favor of:

a) Conservatives
__________________________________________ b) Liberals
c) Neither

7) I would like to see the news based in favor of:

CIRCLE THE LETTER THAT MOST a) Conservatives
APPLIES TO HOW YOU FEEL b) Liberals
c) Neither

1) I think news stories usually: 8) Which adjectives would you generally use to
a) Get the facts straight describe most news today?
b) Contain inaccuracies and distortions a) Boring d) Useful

2) I prefer to get my news: b) Depressing e) Entertaining

a) By watching pictures of video footage,
with audio narration c) Sensationalized f) Negative
b) By reading printed text
c) Through a combination of text and
9) Which adjectives would describe an ideal news
images
source?
a) Boring d) Useful
3) Generally, I think the government:
a) Should do more to restrict what the news
media publish b) Depressing e) Entertaining
b) Should do as little as possible to restrict
what the news media publish c) Sensationalized f) Negative

4) The president is assassinated. What would you

be most likely to do? (You can choose more than
one, but mark them in order of likelihood):
a) Turn on the TV, then leave it on
constantly to monitor the situation as
intensely as possible
b) Turn on the TV, see what’s happening,
then turn it off and get on with my life
c) Track developments online by
monitoring news Web sites
d) But a newspaper as soon as I saw one
that had a big assassination headline
e) Listen to radio news and talk shows
f) Avoid the news as much as possible to
escape the annoying hype and overkill
5) Which of these people do you consider to be
journalists? (Circle all that apply):
a) Bill O’Reilly d)Oprah Winfrey
b) Rush Limbaugh e) Katie Couric
c) Julian Asange
WHICH OF THESE STATEMENTS DO YOU
MOST AGREE WITH? (CIRCLE EITHER “A”
OR “B”)
a) Journalists are too critical of public figures and
government policy.
b) Journalists don’t do enough to challenge public
figures and expose governmental problems
a) I can usually relate to most news stories I read
or see
b) I generally feel that most news stories have
little relevance
a) The news media don’t do enough to explain the
important news issues of the day
b) The news media do a good job explaining to
news media of the day; the problem is, people just
don’t pay enough attention
a) Generally, I prefer to read news about serious
issues
b) Generally, I prefer to read celebrity news and
lighter topics