American Government Ch. 10

Which statement best reflects the role of the media in U.S. society?​

Alternative sources of news and information are essential to inform citizens and maintain democracy.

​ The Telecommunications Act of 1996 has allowed

companies to own more media outlets.

​When Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein broke the story of the Watergate scandal in the early 1970s, what role of the press were they fulfilling?

conducting investigative reporting

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump spent $10 million on political advertising and earned close to $2 billion in free media. This free media is also known as _____ media.

earned

A spin doctor is a

political campaign adviser who tries to convince journalists of the truth of a particular interpretation of events.

​When a news program begins the broadcast each day with a certain political story and continues to highlight this issue for several days, it suggests to the public that this political story is an important issue. Which function of agenda setting does this represent?

priming

The breadth of information available to the public about activities of the president is largely due to

the White House press corps, which has almost continual access to the chief executive.

Mass-readership newspapers began in the nineteenth century because of

the invention of the high-speed rotary press and the telegraph.

When presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon debated in 1960, those people who heard about the debate by _____ thought Kennedy had won while people who learned about the debate through other media thought Nixon had won.

watching it on television

The media and the executive branch have a relationship that is best described as

​reciprocal because each needs the other to thrive in the political arena.

Which of the following is an example of selective attention?

Lydia refuses to listen to any news about Democratic candidates because she only votes for Republicans.

One of the most effective political ads was a thirty-second spot for __________, depicting a little girl picking daisies in a field and then an image of a mushroom cloud emanating from a nuclear explosion.

Lyndon Johnson in his campaign against Barry Goldwater

The Bush administration allowed 500 journalists to travel with combat forces in order to report the news from the front line of the war. Which war did this coincide with?

Second Gulf War

Which statement about media and political campaigns is true?

Most national political figures plan every public appearance and statement to attract media coverage.

In what ways do social networking, blogging, and the Internet play a role in politics today?

Politicians at all levels of government office have placed importance on having a web presence.??

Which of the statements about the 2008 elections is true?

The Obama campaign pioneered new ways for an individual to make contributions over the Internet.

​Which statement about the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is most accurate?

The government established the FCC to distribute and regulate the radio, television, and wireless frequencies.

Which statement about the media and government control is most accurate?​

The media can wield power over the affairs of government and over government officials.

If a cable news channel decides to report on a senator's financial indiscretions rather than report on a piece of congressional legislation that failed to pass, that news channel is practicing

agenda setting.

​Campaign managers and candidates believe that the media has the most influence on

an individual who has not formed an opinion about a candidate.

Spin refers to

an interpretation of campaign events that is most favorable to the candidate.

​The percentage of the national viewing public that has access to a media conglomerate's outlets is known as

audience reach.

​An inclination or a preference that interferes with impartial judgment is known as

bias

Lisa watched a news report on recycling, and was proud that citizens had stepped up to be more conscious of what they throw away. Jeremy heard a similar report on the radio as he drove home and was frustrated because it showed that companies were still putting products in nonrecyclable containers. These two responses to similar information demonstrate the effect of

framing

​In January 2013, the government shut down as part of a sequestration. Some reports focused more on negative consequences of sequestration, while others discussed how Tea Party members of Congress pushed for fiscal responsibility. What aspect of agenda setting does this represent?

framing

Managed news reflects information that gives priority to ______ issues.

government

It has been said that television coverage of women in politics has focused on the "three H's" which include hair, husbands, and

hemlines

A presidential candidate would use microtargeting to

identify individuals who voted for them in the past and advertise to them to assure their votes.

George Washington felt it was important to keep some governmental matters secret and as a result, news should be censored to keep these matters out of the public eye. This is an example of

managed news.

Forms of communication, including radio and television, that have a broad reach to many people are known as

media