Chapter 7: Media Flashcards
Penny Press
lowered costs of newspaper across the US
extremely political w/ ideology
ex. New York Sun
Yellow Journalism
- style of newspaper that feared sensationalism stories, bold headlines,and illustrations to increase readership
- New York Journal (Hearst), New York World (Pulitzer) The Jungle (Sinclair)
Investigative Journalists
reporters who dig deeply into a particular topic of public concern, often targeting gov fails and inefficiencies
Federal Communication Commission
- authorized to regulate broadcast media via the Communications Act of 1934
- assumed airways were public property, so no one had a right to operate a radio or tv station
- fairness doctrine & equal time provision
Fairness Doctrine
- news coverage
- FCC regulation requiring broadcast media to present several points of view to ensure balanced coverage
equal time provision
- non-news
- FCC regulation requiring broadcast media to provide equal airtime on any non-news programming to all candidates running for an office
Telecommunications Act of 1996
- act to promote competition and reduce regulation in order to secure lower prices and higher quality service for American telecommunication consumers and encourage rapid development of new technologies
- gives FCC ability to reset everything prior to 1996
- two trends: concentration and cross-ownership
concentration
single company owns several media sources in one area
cross-ownership
single company owns several kinds of media outlets
filtering
results from journalists’ and editors’ decisions about which of many potential news stories to report (horse race)
slant
story gives favorable coverage to one candidate or policy w/o providing balanced favorable coverage of other sides
priming
occurs when media coverage of a story affects the important people place on the issues or events mentioned in the coverage
framing
refers to how the description or presentation of a story, including the details, explanations, and context, changes the reaction people have to the info
Hostile Media Phenomenon
idea that supporters of a candidate or issue tend to feel that media coverage is biased against their posit, regardless of whether coverage is actually fair
Third-Person Effect
when individuals see biased news, they are more concerned w/ how the media will influence others rather than themselves; in this way, they are resistant to news biases, but others are not
