ch 16

Question 1

News media

Answer 1

a broad term that includes newspapers, magazines, radio, television, radio, internet sources, blogs, and social media postings.

Question 2

Social media

Answer 2

forms of electronic communication that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.

Question 3

Agenda setting

Answer 3

the media’s ability to highlight certain issues and bring them to the attention of the public.

Question 4

Mass media

Answer 4

sources of information that appeal to a wide audience, including newspapers, radio, television, and Internet outlets.

Question 5

Wire service

Answer 5

an organization that gathers and reports on news and then sells the stories to other outlets.

Question 6

Investigative journalism

Answer 6

an approach to newsgathering in which reporters dig into stories, often looking for instances of wrongdoing.

Question 7

Broadcast media

Answer 7

outlets for news and other content that rely on mass communications technology to bring stories directly into people’s homes.

Question 8

Media consolidation

Answer 8

the concentration of ownership of the media into fewer corporations.

Question 9

Partisan bias

Answer 9

the slanting of political news coverage in support of a particular political party or ideology.

Question 10

Horse-race journalism

Answer 10

coverage of political campaigns that focuses more on the drama of the campaign than on policy issues.