Belgium
Canada
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100

True or False, Belgium belongs to the Democratic Corporatist media system model

True

100

Has Canada changed systems since 2004?

No, it has stayed the same. 

100

In our presentation, we used 2 squares, red and yellow. Which color represented which country?

Red - Canada,

Yellow - Belgium.

100

What year did Hallin and Mancini introduce their three media system models?

2004

100

What is the capital city of Belgium?

Brussels

200

Why is the Belgian media system divided into different media cultures?

Because of different linguistic and cultural regions

200

True or False, Canada is strongly linked to their political parties

False

200

During the presentation, two major Belgian media organizations were mentioned VRT & RTBF, but which was in which region?

VRT - Flanders (Dutch speaking region)

RTBF - Wallonia (French speaking region)

200

What model do Belgium and Canada fit in?

Liberal - Canada

Democratic Corporatist - Belgium

200

What are the three official languages spoken in Belgium?

Dutch, French, German

300

True or False, Belgium has stronger political parallelism in its media than Canada

True

300

Canada's main focus is _ and _,

Fill in the blanks

Objectivity and neutrality

300

In Nela's video, what type of earrings was she wearing?

Hoops

300

This major global trend has caused declining newspaper circulation and pushed news organizations toward digital platforms

Digitalization of news media

300

Both Canada and Belgium have large deposits of this element, which is lighter than air and used in balloons and blimps.

Helium

400

Name on of the linguistic communities in Belgium

Flemish/

Francophone

400

What was one of the causes of the development of media market in Canada?

Lack of local news outlets/

High public funding/

Concentration of the news market


400

During the discussion on how media markets have changed since 2004, Dimitri mentioned that on average, X amount of print media outlets shut down in Canada since 2014. What was X?

25

400

In Hallin and Mancini's theory, this concept describes the extent to which media outlets are politically neutral and follow professional journalistic norm rather than serving political parties

Journalistic Professionalism

400

This Canadian food, covered in gravy and cheese curd, is often considered the country's unofficial national dish. Name the dish

Poutine

500

Which concept explains why Belgian media represent different linguistic groups in society?

Segmented pluralism

500

What does CTRC stand for?

Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunication Commission

500

On the Political parallelism slide, which two Canadian newspapers were mentioned to illustrate ideological differences?

Toronto Sun & Toronto Star

500

Which four key dimensions do Hallin and Mancini use in their comparative framework analysis of media systems?

Development of media market, 

political parallelism

journalistic professionalism

the role of the state

500

This is the province in Canada, where French is the primary language.

Quebec

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