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Updated on: 29 Feb 2024, 01:59
Originally posted by acer2knight on 25 Jun 2009, 23:56.
Last edited by Bunuel on 29 Feb 2024, 01:59, edited 2 times in total.
Last edited by Bunuel on 29 Feb 2024, 01:59, edited 2 times in total.
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People tend to estimate the likelihood of an event’s occurrence according to its salience; that is, according to how strongly and how often it comes to their attention.By placement and headlines, newspapers emphasize stories about local crime over stories about crime elsewhere and about many other major events.
It can be concluded on the basis of the statements above that, if they are true, which of the following is most probably also true?
(A) The language used in newspaper headlines about local crime is inflammatory and fails to respect the rights of suspects.
(B)The coverage of international events in newspapers is neglected in favor of the coverage of local events.
(C) Readers of local news in newspapers tend to overestimate the amount of crime in their own localities relative to the amount of crime in other places.
(D) None of the events concerning other people that are reported in newspapers is so salient in people’s minds as their own personal experiences.
(E) The press is the news medium that focuses people’s attention most strongly on local crimes.
It can be concluded on the basis of the statements above that, if they are true, which of the following is most probably also true?
(A) The language used in newspaper headlines about local crime is inflammatory and fails to respect the rights of suspects.
(B)The coverage of international events in newspapers is neglected in favor of the coverage of local events.
(C) Readers of local news in newspapers tend to overestimate the amount of crime in their own localities relative to the amount of crime in other places.
(D) None of the events concerning other people that are reported in newspapers is so salient in people’s minds as their own personal experiences.
(E) The press is the news medium that focuses people’s attention most strongly on local crimes.
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People tend to estimate the likelihood of an event’s occurrence according to how strongly and how often it comes to their attention.
By placement and headlines, newspapers emphasize stories about local crime over stories about crime elsewhere and about many other major events.
So the argument says that people connect "likelihood of an event's occurrence" with "how strongly and often it comes to their attention".
So more they hear about it, more it seems likely to happen.
Which of the following is probably true too?
(A) The language used in newspaper headlines about local crime is inflammatory and fails to respect the rights of suspects.
Irrelevant. Nothing is said about the language in which event appears in the newspaper.
(B)The coverage of international events in newspapers is neglected in favor of the coverage of local events.
Local crimes are favoured over other major events. We don't know anything about local events.
(C) Readers of local news in newspapers tend to overestimate the amount of crime in their own localities relative to the amount of crime in other places.
Since local crimes are given more "FaceTime" so to say, in people's mind, likelihood of their occurrence would be higher than crime in other places. Hence this is probably true too.
(D) None of the events concerning other people that are reported in newspapers is so salient in people’s minds as their own personal experiences.
Personal experiences are irrelevant. Past personal experiences needn't come to people's attention again and again. The whole argument is about what comes to their attention more often.
(E) The press is the news medium that focuses people’s attention most strongly on local crimes.
We don't know about other mediums. Newspapers are given just as an example.
Answer (C)
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I would say (C). From what we know, perceived likelihood of occurrence is caused by two variables: strength of coverage, & frequency of coverage. Right now, we know that newspapers' coverage of local crime is stronger than that of non-local crime, nothing is said about frequency of coverage, so we can't assume anything about it. However, all else being equal, we can assume that people tend to think the quantity of local crime outnumbers that of non-local crimes.
A - This is a value judgment that is way out of scope.
B - No, local CRIME is covered more than int'l events, not local events. Crime (hopefully) isn't the only event.
D - Out of scope, this is a comparison of local crime coverage Vs. other events & non-local crimes. Something can be local, but it might not be personal.
E - The original info is a comparison between what the press covers, it is not a comparison of the press to other mediums of information, which this choice suggests.
