Chapter 3: Media and Moral Panics
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. The concept of moral panic originated in British sociology in the:
a. 1950s.
b. 1970s.
c. 1980s.
d. 2000s.
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Media and Moral Panics
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. The moral ...
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Chapter 1: Theorizing Media and Crime
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. The academic study of media effects developed from which of the following sources?
a. mass society and behaviorism
b. mass society and anomie
c. behaviorism and anomie
d. behaviorism and effects research
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Media “Effects”
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Positivism emereged from the:
a. natural sciences.
b. humanties.
c. arts.
d. social sciences.
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Behaviorism and Positivism
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. The Bobo doll experiment took place at which of the following universities in the
1950s and 1960s.
a. Harvard
b. Yale
c. Stanford
d. Princeton
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Behaviorism and Positivism
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Anxieties about media effects have traditionally taken all of the following forms
except:
a. exposure encourages lewd behavior.
b. the mass media undermines the civilizing influence of high culture.
c. the mass media represents all individuals, including the elite.
d. the mass media represents the elite.
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
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Answer Location: Behaviorism and Positivism
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, which aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System
(CBS) on Halloween Night in October:
a. 1930.
b. 1932.
c. 1938.
d. 1940.
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Behaviorism and Positivism
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. One in ______ listeners were said to have been very frightened by the War of the
Worlds broadcast, a fear that was exacerbated by the stature of the narrator.
a. 3
b. 6
c. 9
d. 12
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Behaviorism and Positivism
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Which of the following theories proposes that the media is owned by the ruling
bourgeois elite and operate in the interests of that class?
a. anomie
b. marxism
c. pluralism
d. behaviorism
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Marxism, Critical Criminology, and the “Dominant Ideology” Approach
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Environmental harm was referred to by scholars in 1998 as:
a. green crime.
b. environmental justice.
c. environmental crime.
d. green justice.
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Legacy of Marxism: Critical Criminology and Corporate Crime
Difficulty Level: Easy
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9. According to the authors, pluralists argue that which of the following processes have
succeeded in removing the media from state regulation and censorship.
a. deregulation
b. privatization
c. technological advancement
d. all of these
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Pluralism, Competition, and Ideological Struggle
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Reception analysis was pionereed by:
a. Cesare Lombroso.
b. David Morley.
c. Jock Young.
d. Jay Blumler.
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Pluralism, Competition, and Ideological Struggle
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. The Uniform Crime Reports are published annually by the:
a. CIA.
b. FBI.
c. DHS.
d. DOJ.
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Media “Effects”
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. According to the Uniform Crime Reports, there was a peak in crime in:
a. 1990.
b. 1991.
c. 1992.
d. 1993.
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Media “Effects”
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. The theory of “mass society” emerged in which of the following centuries?
a. late 17th and early 18th
b. late18th and early 19th
c. late 19th and early 20th
d. late 20th and early 21st
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