This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Unit Iv Communication > Gatekeeping Theory – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gatekeeping Theory Quiz 1 (10 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A gatekeeper is best described as someone who ..... A) Directly informs the researcher about the community. B) Helps the researcher at all times. C) Constantly allows researchers in the community. D) Has formal or informal authority to control the site. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has formal or informal authority to control the site. 2. The concept of proximity suggests that a news organization is likely to carry a story about a murder, if that crime A) Involved a well-known person. B) Was committed locally. C) Occurred within the last 24 hours. D) Was unusually gruesome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was committed locally. 3. Who creates media messages? A) People who work for large corporations that own the media we use. B) People who use media to text, tweet, post or share information online. C) Both A & B. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A & B. 4. What does the term "gatekeeper" refer to in the media context? A) The security personnel at a media company. B) The person who writes articles for newspapers. C) The media's role in deciding what stories and information are given to the public. D) The technician who operates the broadcasting equipment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The media's role in deciding what stories and information are given to the public. 5. Gatekeeping is a form of ..... A) Regulation. B) Representation. C) Audience interaction. D) Newspaper genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regulation. 6. Editors, producers, publishers, and other managers who filter the information they obtain from reporters are called ..... A) Correspondents. B) Keymasters. C) Gatekeepers. D) Mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gatekeepers. 7. Managers who decide what stories are published or broadcast are? A) Editors. B) Reporters. C) Muckrakers. D) Gatekeepers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gatekeepers. 8. What is the role of a watchdog in the context of media? A) A person who creates content for newspapers and TV. B) Someone who monitors the government and is known as a watchdog. C) An individual who repairs and maintains media equipment. D) A character in a television show about the media. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone who monitors the government and is known as a watchdog. 9. Gatekeeper audiences are the audience with ..... A) Power to decide which messages are produced. B) Political, social, and economic power. C) Power to influence the primary audience's decision. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Power to decide which messages are produced. 10. Who decides what should be in a newspaper or magazine? A) Head journalist. B) Editor. C) Reporter. D) News analyst. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Editor. Next →Related QuizzesGatekeeping Theory Quiz 2Agenda Setting Theory QuizAristotle Model QuizArtifacts In Communication QuizBarriers To Communication QuizBerlos Smcr Model QuizBody Language QuizCharacteristics Of Communication QuizChronemics QuizClassroom Communication QuizCommunication Aptitude QuizCommunication Cycle QuizCommunication Models QuizCommunication Skills QuizCultivation Theory QuizCultural Barriers To Communication QuizDiffusion Of Innovation Theory QuizDigital Media QuizEffective Communication QuizElectronic Media QuizElements Of Communication QuizFeedback In Communication QuizFormal Communication QuizFunctions Of Mass Media QuizGroup Communication QuizHaptics QuizImpact Of Mass Media QuizImportance Of Communication QuizInformal Communication QuizInter Cultural Communication QuizInterpersonal Communication QuizIntrapersonal Communication QuizKinesics QuizLasswell Model QuizListening Skills QuizMass Communication QuizMass Media And Society QuizMass Media QuizMeaning Of Communication QuizNature Of Communication QuizNon Verbal Communication QuizObjectives Of Communication QuizOculesics QuizOral Communication QuizOrganizational Barriers To Communication QuizOsgood Schramm Model QuizOvercoming Communication Barriers QuizParalanguage QuizPhysical Barriers To Communication QuizPrinciples Of Effective Communication QuizPrint Media QuizProcess Of Communication QuizProxemics QuizPsychological Barriers To Communication QuizPublic Communication QuizRole Of Mass Media QuizSemantic Barriers To Communication QuizShannon Weaver Model QuizSocial Media And Society QuizSpiral Of Silence Theory QuizTwo Step Flow Theory QuizTypes Of Communication QuizTypes Of Mass Media QuizUses And Gratifications Theory QuizVerbal Communication QuizVisual Communication QuizWritten Communication Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books