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Chapter 8: The Media Flashcards

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The media’s ability to choose which issues or topics get attention

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Agenda setting

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The coverage area assigned to journalists for news or stories

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Beat

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Video and print news posted to the Internet or social media by citizens rather than the news media

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Citizen journalism

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The idea that media affect a citizen’s worldview through the information presented

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Cultivation theory

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The need for a paid subscription to access published online material

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Digital paywall

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An FCC policy that all candidates running for office must be given the same radio and television airtime opportunities

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Equal-time rule

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A 1949 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) policy, now defunct, that required holders of broadcast licenses to cover controversial issues in a balanced manner

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Fairness Doctrine

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The process of giving a news story a specific context or background

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Framing

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A federal statute that requires public agencies to provide certain types of information requested by citizens

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Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

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The idea that information is placed in a citizen’s brain and accepted

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Hypodermic theory

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Laws that limit indecent and obscene material on public airwaves

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Indecency regulations

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Printed information about a person or organization that is not true and harms the reputation of the person or organization

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Libel

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The collection of all media forms that communicate information to the general public

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Mass media

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The idea that the media have little effect on citizens

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Minimal effects theory

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News coverage focusing on exposing corrupt business and government practices

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Muckraking

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Period during the 1780s in which newspaper content was biased by political partisanship

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Party press era

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The process of predisposing readers or viewers to think a particular way

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Priming

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A government action that stops someone from doing something before they are able to do it (e.g., forbidding someone to publish a book he or she plans to release)

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Prior restraint

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Communication intended to prove the image of people, companies, or organizations

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Public relations

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The right of a journalist to keep a source confidential

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Reporter’s privilege

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Spoken information about a person or organization that is not true and harms the reputation of the person or organization

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Slander

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News presented in an entertaining style

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Soft news

23
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Laws that require government documents and proceedings to be made public

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Sunshine laws

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Sensationalized coverage of scandals and human interest stories

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Yellow journalism

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CC

According to the video, what is the main job of the media?

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To provide information so that people can make decisions and get involved in politics

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CC

What best describes print media?

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It provides more detail and comprehensive coverage than other formats

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CC

What are the 3 factors that influence the news?

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Journalists, source of news, consumers of news

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CC

Which of the following is a negative aspect of broadcast media?

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Tv news is short and therefore less informative

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CC

_____ is the least regulated form of media.

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Print

30
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CC

Broadcast licenses are granted by the following:

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The Federal Communications Commission

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CC

Which of the following media regulations is no longer in action/enforced?

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Fairness Doctrine

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CC

Net neutrality deals with which of the following?

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Internet service providers should provide equal access to media, regardless of its source.

33
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T

A local station that broadcasts national network programming is call a(an)_____ Station.

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