Which of the Following Statements About Private Control of the Media

question 103

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about private control of the media is FALSE?

• A)Striving for profits greatly shapes how the news is reported.
• B)In 1989,network news programs broadcast 4,032 minutes of foreign news; in 2000,this number had dropped to 1,382 minutes.
• C)Profit has driven American media organizations to expand their foreign bureaus abroad.
• D)American media are dependent on advertising revenue to support their businesses.
• E)Private ownership of the media and First Amendment protections mean that journalists have almost completely unfettered freedom to criticize government leaders and policies.

Grasp the principles of selling and administrative expenses and their placement in the income statement.

Understand how to calculate the cost of inventory reported on the balance sheet under different conditions.

Learn how to journalize transactions for both periodic and perpetual inventory systems.

Identify and define key terminology and concepts in inventory management and accounting.

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Definitions:

Prescriptive Norms

Social rules that dictate what behavior is expected or appropriate within a community or society.

Proscriptive Norms

Social rules that dictate what behaviors are forbidden or discouraged within a society or group.

Ethnomethodology

A sociological approach that studies the way people make sense of their everyday world, emphasizing the methods and practices individuals use to constitute their social realities.

Rational Choice Theory

A framework for understanding and modeling social and economic behavior based on the assumption that individuals act rationally, making decisions to maximize their personal benefit.