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Most of the world’s population now lives in countries where the press is free.

Walter Lippmann’s Public Opinion is considered by many academics to be “the founding book in American media studies.”

Many books from the Middle Ages were called illuminated manuscripts because they were ______.

The question “Why do we use the media?” is often asked under the ______ model.

The “virtual office” is most closely identified with which of the following historical periods?

According to the American Library Association, what are the limitations of trying to protect children from inappropriate material on the Internet?

An inverted-pyramid lead, carefully attributed sources, and limited use of adverbs and adjectives are the hallmarks of a neutral news story.

According to historians, advertising has existed since 3000 B.C.E., when wooden or stone signs were placed outside shops in ancient Babylon.

Only after the Sedition Act expired in 1801 did Americans broadly support the idea of a free press.

Which of the following is not one of the basic criteria of newsworthiness?