AP Government Chapter 6

When the president travels around the country speaking to Americans directly about his policy agenda, the president is attempting to generate media coverage of the speaking event and motivate citizen to pressure their representatives to support the presidents's agenda. This is known as

Going public

Since 2009, most prominent weekly news magazines

Have declined in recent years as much as newspapers circulation has declined.

A media event is

A situation that is too newsworthy for the media to ignore.

The equal opportunities rule did not allow

A TV station to accept advertising only from the owner's favorite candidates.

More and more, cable news seems analogues to

Early partisan newspapers.

The internet was started

In 1969, with support from the U.S. Department of Defense.

The term ____________ refers to the tendency of journalists to adopt similar viewpoints toward news simply because they hang around together.

Pack journalism

The traditional division of mass media into ________ had been made problematic by the Internet.

Print and broadcast

Early regulation of broadcast media in the united States resulted from

Radio station owners seeking to impose oder on the use of the airways.

Content analysis of network news suggests that most coverage focuses on

The president

The televised presidential news conference has developed into an event in which

The president and other high-level officials deliver carefully rehearsed answers to anticipate questions.

_________ occurs when a magazine informs a relatively small number of group leaders who follow news in a specific area, and those leaders in turn mobilize their followers to put pressure on public officials.

The two-step flow of communication

Which statement tends not to be true about Internet users?

They are more likely to white or African American than Latino

When the media regularly focus public attention on violent crime, political corruption, or economic woes, they are engaged in

Agenda setting

The phrase "on background" means the media are permitted to

Anonymously quote material without identifying the source.

The five members of the federal Communications Commission

Are appointed by the president.

The reasonable access rule required

Broadcasters to make facilities available to all responsible parties in the community wishing to express conflicting views on issues.

A country where the government heavily censors Internet news and search engines is

China

Most news printed about Congress comes from

Congressional press releases and prepared reports.

Which of the following is a true statement about the role of the media in providing citizens with information?

Demand for instantaneous news reporting has led to the growth of 24-hour news operations and a shift to online media consumption.

Private ownership of the media in the United States makes the American news industry

Dependent on advertising revenues.

Regarding the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Does not have jurisdiction to regulate Internet content.

The now-abolished ________ obligated broadcasters to discuss public issues and to provide equal coverage of all opinions on this issues.

Fairness doctrine

The first newspapers in the United States were

Financed by political parties and advocated party causes.

The media executives, news editors, and prominent reporters who decide which events to report and how to report them are known as

Gatekeepers

One major influence of political blogs on American politics is

Impacting the types of stories that get picked up by the "mainstream media."

Available evidence seems to indicate that there are ________ among journalists and reporters.

Liberal leanings

A feature story that is aired to a targeted listening audience by a media source that supports a specific advertiser of the network is an example of

Market-driven journalism

In the United States today, the mass media

Provide a two-way channel of communication between the people and the government.

Which president first provided space in the White House for reporters?

Theodore Roosevelt

Which statement about media concentration is not correct?

-ABC is owned by the Walt Disney Company. -Media concentration has put greater pressure on networks to provide "infotainment." -The number if independent newspapers has declined in America. -NBC has merged with cable company Comcast. -The major networks increasingly own their local affiliated TV stations. (ANSWER)

Which of the following statements concerning the Federal Communication (FCC) is incorrect?

-It has five members -Its members are nominated by the president -Its members serve five-year terms -No more than three of its members can be from the same political party. -None of the above is incorrect (ANSWER)

The phrase "off the record" means that media

Are not allowed to print the information.

The ________ prohibits Congress from abridging freedom of the press.

First Amendment

A story that contains no policy content and is not related to the day's events but that commonly discusses popular personalities and is designed to draw greater viewer interest is

Infotainment

Defenders of traditional news reporting make all but which of the following criticisms of the new technological journalism era?

The media no longer play a critical role in the democratic process.

How do the mass media influence the socialization process?

They play contradictory roles, sometimes promoting popular support for government and sometimes eroding public confidence in it.

Supporters of the new technological journalism make all but the following defense of the new era>

Traditional media, such as newspapers, are successfully reinventing themselves as online ventures.

Officials send out ________ when they intentionally leak news to gauge the reaction of the public or other political leaders.

Trial balloons