Quiz 2: Chapter 9

Question 1

landscape of mass media

Answer 1

… are changing peoples mental habits/
appear to be unmediated/
carry their own compelling authority and logic/
can foster greater polarization among the electorate

Question 2

how news-gathering distorts

Answer 2

personalization, dramatization, fragmentation, authority disorder bias

Question 3

fragmentation

Answer 3

broken, not getting full story

Question 4

dramatization

Answer 4

make it all dramatic, etc.

Question 5

authority disorder bias

Answer 5

noticing the ways in which they Frame stories in struggle for political power

Question 6

personalization

Answer 6

different sources are either right or left leaning