Chapter 8 Flashcards
An example of the media’s agenda setting would not include which of the following
Reporting on the daily stock market numbers
The Radio Act of 1927 created this important oversight agency for radio and other forms of broadcasting
Federal Communications Commission
While not the first president to regularly give speeches over the radio, this president popularized the political power of radio
Franklin Roosevelt
This document, along with its lesser-known counterpart, fueled the argument that a free press is vital to the American democratic process
The Federalist Papers
This serialized novel served as a great example of muckraking in that it led to changes in the way industrial workers were treated and local political machines were run
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
The rise of social media in the political process has also seen the advent of _____________, in which everyday Americans use their cell phones to capture events and post them on the Internet
Citizen journalism
This is the collection of all forms of media that communicate information to the general public
mass media
This age group is more likely to get their news and information from social media, such as YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook
Millennials
Joseph Pulitzer brought about the era of ________________, in which the front-page news was sensational and scandalous
Yellow journalism
By 2020, _____ conglomerates controlled most of the broadcast media in the United States
5
When a journalist has a difficult time presenting information in an unbiased fashion, his reporting may take the form of a/n __________
a. Op-Ed
b. Commentary
c. Editorial
d. All of the above
Traditionally, the view of the media was that they, along with family and friends, helped to influence the worldviews of individuals. Today, however, a new idea has been promulgated that the media actually develops a person’s view of the world by presenting a perceived reality. What we see on a regular basis then, becomes our reality, even if it is framed through a certain perspective. What is this idea?
cultivation theory
The media is sometimes referred to as the _________ because it stands alongside the branches of government to directly influence the political process
Fourth estate
The first televised presidential debate was between which two candidates?
John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon
According to federal indecency standards, “obscene or profane programming” can be shown on television between the hours of _________________
10pm and 6am
________ deals with speaking false information, while ____________ deals with printing false information
Slander; libel
On rare occasions, the federal government can actual prevent the publication of classified information by the press. This is known as what?
prior restraint
These regulations required internet service providers to give everyone equal access to their services and disallowed biased charging of internet access fees. These regulations were thrown out in the early days of the Trump Administration
Net neutrality
The modern media narrative has been somewhat disparaged by ______________, in which modern journalists analyze campaigns and blunders or the overall race, rather than interviewing the candidates and discussing their issue positions
Horserace coverage
According to the text, which of these would be considered an example of “Soft news?”
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
A local station that broadcasts national network programming is called a(an) ________station
affiliate
Cable programming is often ________
national
A conglomerate is a corporation that
owns many businesses and media networks
When acting as an agenda setter, the media ________.
decides which issues deserve public attention
Newspapers during the Revolutionary War period tended to ________
unite the colonists and provide information
about the British
Muckraking occurs when newspapers ________
investigate problems in government and business
