Ch 6 Gov

Which independent federal agency regulates interstate and international communication by radio, television, telephone, telegraph, cable, and satellite?

FCC

While the courts typically strike down government attempts to restrain the press from disseminating information, the one exception to this is restricting information related to

Wartime

Mass media refers to -- means to communicate to large audiences

any

Group leaders who follow news in specific policy areas are called ---policy elites.

attentive

What is the main criterion generally used when judging whether a story can be considered newsworthy?

audience appeal

A media event is a situation that is

believed too newsworthy for the mass media to pass up.

Communication in a democracy must move from gov to citizens and ---

citizens to gov

An important series of 2003 surveys about perceptions of the Iraq war found that the most misperceptions and misunderstandings about the war were held by people who relied on --- for their news.

commercial television networks

The television hypothesis is used to explain the fact that the citizenry has

a low level of knowledge about public affairs.

What term is used by the media to describe an important event that has happened within the past twenty-four hours?

hard news

----is considered "soft news," a mix of information and diversion oriented to personalities or celebrities, and usually unrelated to the day's events or public policies.

infotainment

Available evidence, including an analysis of network coverage and a survey of journalists, seems to confirm that reporters in the major news media tend to have

liberal leanings

Ownership of the broadcast media in the United States is

private, except for public TV and radio stations.

All of the following are correct regarding the presence of the Internet in media EXCEPT

the Internet has made it more difficult for other media outlets to communicate their message.

When journalism consider it their job to criticize politicians is known as--

watchdog journalism

The Internet was started in --- with support from the U.S Department of defense

1969

Content analysis of the 2012 presidential campaign shows there was more good press on--

Barack Obama

A country where gov heavily sensors internet

China

Process of transmitting info from one individual to another

Communication

---requires broadcast stations to make an equal amount of time available under the same conditions to all candidates

Equal opportunities rule

In 2014, the daily paper with the largest circulation was

USA Today

News reporters who practice watchdog journalism tend to

be highly critical of inaccuracies in fact and weaknesses in arguments posed by politicians.

Which current trend increases the risk that a few powerful individuals could control the news flow to promote their own political interests, the same way political parties influenced the content of early American newspapers?

concentrated ownership

is the means by which information is transmitted to large, heterogeneous, widely dispersed audiences.

mass media

Which process is demonstrated when media executives, news editors, and prominent reporters direct the flow of news, deciding which events to report and how to handle the elements involved, while also upholding journalistic standards?

gatekeeping

Research on bias in the media suggests that in response to polarization, today's political leaders increasingly

go to ideologically friendly media outlets to criticize the rest of the media.

Which term describes the strategy whereby a president seeks to get media coverage and influence policy elites by appealing directly to the American people?

going public

Election coverage by the mass media often focuses on which candidate is ahead and which has raised the most money, rather than the candidates' opinions on key issues. What concept does this represent?

horse race journalism

----journalism is an attempt to increase ratings through a process involving both reporting news and running commercials geared to a target audience.

market-driven

First newspapers were

paid for by political parties trying to push party causes

Which is not mentioned in the text as an important function of news media

polarizing the news

The main focus of the telecommunications act of 1996 was to

relax rules regarding media ownership

In evaluating the media and its effect on government, the text concludes that contemporary mass media

resist government attempts to infringe on freedom of the press to promote order.

Of the four main functions of mass media in its coverage of the political system, which one do scholars believe gives the media their greatest influence on politics?

setting the political agenda

For years, the broadcast media only were federally regulated under three rules that promoted the public interest. Which one was repealed in 1987, freeing broadcasters to air more controversial and ideological viewpoints?

the fairness doctrine

Which form of mass media has no gatekeepers and therefore no checks, constraints, or standards affecting its content?

the internet

First media technology to make journalists known

the radio