Gov Chapter 7 Extra questions

Which agency regulates broadcast media?

Federal Communications Commission

Reporting in which the media adopt a skeptical or even hostile posture toward the government and public officials is referred to as

adversarial journalism.

If public concern and interest in data security issues increased after a number of television and newspaper stories about "hacking," it would be an example of the media's ________ power.

agenda-setting

The MOST important selection bias in news is the

audience appeal of a story.

The fairness doctrine required that

broadcasters who aired controversial issues provide time for opposing viewpoints.

In the United States today, the government

does not own but regulates the content and ownership of broadcast media.

The ________ provides candidates for the same political office equal opportunities to communicate their messages.

equal time rule

In 1985, the federal government stopped enforcing the ________, arguing that it was no longer necessary due to the increasing number of television and radio stations.

fairness doctrine

The term fake news is MOST accurately characterized as

false news stories circulated to generate ad revenue or to benefit one political candidate or party over another

The dramatic rise in political information and the increasing diversity of the media have

had very little impact on the average levels of political knowledge in the American public.

Besides their ideological biases, journalists also exhibit selection biases in favor of news stories they view as

having a great deal of dramatic or entertainment value.

According to political scientist Jonathan Ladd, trust in the mainstream media has declined over the last 50 years as a result of

increased competition in party politics and journalism.

The ability to find and effectively evaluate information online is referred to as

information literacy

The Communications Decency Act

made it illegal to make "indecent" sexual material on the internet accessible to those under age 18.

Google News, Reddit, and Real Clear Politics are good examples of

news aggregators

The Vietnam War initiated the growth of ________ journalism.

adversarial

According to political scientist Amber Boydstun, the media has a(n) ________ for breaking stories and a(n) ________ for covering them in greater depth.

"alarm mode"; "patrol mode"

A widely circulated story that the pope endorsed Donald Trump for president in 2016 was a good example of

"fake news."

Facebook has more than ________ users worldwide.

2.2 billion

The number of radio stations in the United States has grown from ________ in 1990 to more than ________ today.

400; 2,000

Large media conglomerates, such as the Hearst, McClatchy, and Gannett corporations, own approximately ________ percent of daily newspapers.

75

It is estimated that more than ________ percent of Americans have a television.

95

Which of the following statements best characterizes media ownership in the United States?

A small number of giant, privately owned corporations control most of the country's television networks, movie studios, record companies, cable channels, book publishers, magazines, newspapers, and digital media sites

Which of the following is a good example of a media monopoly?

Disney

The media's reporting of the Watergate affair led to

President Richard Nixon's resignation.

Which of the following statements best describes the media's role in the Watergate affair?

Relentless investigations by journalists revealed various abuses of power by President Nixon and led to his resignation.

Priming refers to the

process of preparing the public to bring specific criteria to mind when evaluating a politician or issue.

If a radio station aired a personal attack against a candidate but refused to allow the same candidate the opportunity to respond to that attack on its station, the station would be in violation of the

right of rebuttal