Which of the following is often true about the relationship between media outlets and their corporate sponsors?

A. Media outlets often will do exposés on corporate sponsors to raise ratings.
B. Corporate allegiances never shape the content of the media they sponsor, either positively or negatively.
C. Media outlets are usually not critical of their sponsors in news stories or reports.
D. Corporate sponsors pay a lot of money for ads but do not expect those media outlets to be less critical of them.


Answer: C

Sociology

You might also like to view...

Canada has pockets of poverty. As such, Canada is characterized by __________

A) relative poverty B) official poverty C) residual poverty D) mass poverty

Sociology

Place the five steps of the hypothesis-testing process in the correct order:

1. Determine the characteristics of the comparison distribution. 2. Decide whether to reject the null hypothesis. 3. Restate the question as a research hypothesis and a null hypothesis about the populations. 4. Determine your sample's score on the comparison distribution. 5. Determine the cutoff sample score on the comparison distribution at which the null hypothesis should be rejected. A) 2, 4, 1, 5, 3 B) 3, 4, 1, 5, 2 C) 1, 3, 5, 4, 2 D) 3, 1, 5, 4, 2

Sociology

Which of the following involves a rigid adherence to the culturally approved methods for getting ahead and making progress?

a. ritualism b. retreatism c. rebellion d. centralism

Sociology

How does status at birth impact life chances in a class system?

A. Class position at birth will likely remain class position throughout life. B. An individual's class position at birth will not change at any point in life. C. Social mobility is limited to movement within the status at birth. D. Status at birth is easily altered through hard work.

Sociology