Identify and explain the various ways that the dramatic imperative affects how journalists report the news.

What will be an ideal response?

Ans: depending on the student’s comprehension of the material. However, a strong example will argue that journalistic norms of objectivity and fairness make the distortions caused by the dramatic imperative (conflict) more problematic.

Political Science

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Georgia has developed two hypotheses for her research question. The first hypothesis is known as the null hypothesis and states there will be no difference between the scores on the dependent variables

Her second hypothesis is known as a research hypothesis and states . a. there is a significant difference in the independent variable. b. there is no significant difference in the scores of the dependent variables. c. there is a difference between scores on the dependent variables. d. the groups are the same for the variables.

Political Science