PrepTest 104, Section 3, Question 5
The expansion of mass media has led to(458 more words not shown)
The passage suggests that a(12 more words not shown)
- Adetermine which facts(6 more words not shown)
- Bimprove the ability(6 more words not shown)
- Cstrengthen the process(6 more words not shown)
- Dchange the methods(6 more words not shown)
- Eincrease potential jurors'(6 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What benefit could the media provide? Information. The ending calls for informed citizens, and their community experience includes exposure to mass media.
What we’re looking for
That's our starting point. We still need to see how the answer connects being informed to a benefit; more information doesn't automatically mean each person becomes less biased.
Working the answers
- A
News coverage doesn't determine which facts are appropriate for the jury to hear. Nothing gives the media that authority.
- B
The author doesn't say media exposure improves people's ability to reduce their own biases. The concern throughout is that people have already formed opinions.
- CCorrect
This connection takes a little work. The ending says a truly impartial jury needs knowledgeable citizens who reflect the community’s shared experience, which includes media exposure (paragraph 4). It then locates impartiality in those citizens' deliberation. Information supplied by the media can therefore contribute to the informed discussion through which the jury decides.
The text doesn't directly say that coverage strengthens the process. That is the inference: informed participation can help deliberation. It isn't a promise that every report improves a verdict or that coverage makes each juror unbiased.
- D
We aren't told that media coverage changes how judges question potential jurors. The criticism of leading questions doesn't establish that connection.
- E
Knowing more about a case doesn't necessarily mean recognizing your own biases. The author never says coverage produces that self-awareness.
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