Amber's Questions:
1. According to the text, when was the first time the media constructed a drug epidemic?
a. 1930s Marijuana
b. 1990s Methamphetamine
*c 1980s Crack
d. 1990s heroin
2. The War on drugs was started by which president?
a. FDR
*b. Nixon
c. Regan
d. Clinton
3. During the time of marijuana prohibition legislation, which minority was said to be its primary user?
a. African-Americans
b. Native-Americans
c. Israeli's
*d. Mexicans
4. Which drug was Charles Innis on when he gouged his eyes out in jail causing a media frenzy leading to urban legend?
*a. PCP
b. LSD
c. MDMA
d. Heroin
5. Which drug, according to the text, could make a person capable of anything "from serial-killing to necrophilia?"
a. Ecstasy
b. PCP
c. LSD
*d. Methamphetamine
Kurt's Questions
6. A theory which hypothesizes that mass media's choices of what to cover and how much to cover it hold significant influence over their audience
*a. Agenda Setting Theory
b. The Ruling Elitist Theory
c. The Populist Theory of Media
d. The Professional Subculture Theory of Media
7. Which of the following is a place the tobacco industry is not allowed to advertise in?
a. Radio
b. Retail Stores
c. Library editions of magazines with a large youth readership
*d. A and C
8. "Media Literacy" refers to...
a. Knowing how to operate a television
b. The ability to find media online
*c. The ability to access, create, and comprehend media from many different sources (internet, television, newspaper, etc)
d. None of the above
9. A form of advertising in which networks give undesirable time to public health campaigns (PSAs, etc)
*a. Donated Media Advertisement
b. Paid Advertisement
c. Junk Time
d. None of the above
10. In "Alcohol Advertisement and Motor Fatalities," Saffer proposes...
a. People stop fussing so much about DUI as it does not represent a significant problem
b. Billboard advertisements for alcohol represent a wonderful and non problematic way to advertise to the consumer
*c. Alcohol advertisement could be responsible for thousands of motor vehicle fatalaties each year in the US.
d. None of the above
Drug Use in the Media