chap 14

*graph* Which best describes a likely reason for the information depicted in the graph

An increase in concerns over media bias

A 2017 study in The American Economic Review found that watching Fox News during an election cycle increased a Democrat's chances of voting Republican by 28 percent. Conversely, by watching MSNBC Republicans were more inclined to vote Democrat by 8 percent. This scenario best illustrates which of the following about the media?

Cable news programming is oftentimes ideologically driven and effective in persuading citizens to adopt their point of view

The Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC, has raised over $50 million, which it plans to spend on advertising in the next midterm election..... Which of the following court cases decision is most likely to protect the right of the group in the scenario

Citizen united v. Federal election commison

The term "horse-race journalism" refers to the tendency of the media to

Cover campaigns by emphasizing the relative standings of the candidates in the polls rather than the issues they discuss

Which of the following represents the media's basic responsibility of informing the public

Explaining what officials are doing as well as official policies and goals

The national media often plays the role of watchdog. This means that they can

Expose scandals and investigate personalities

The president privately discussed with his at ff a decision to increase economic sanction on Iran.... Which of the following best indicates how a court would rule in this case if the supreme courts ruling in New York times co v. United States was used as a precedent

Freedom of the press includes a heavy presumption against government censorship and the documents can be published by the press

The television weekly "60 Minutes" runs a segment on the role of local politicians in the drug trade. the issue soon becomes the subject of national debate. In these circumstances, "60 minutes" is acting as a

Gatekeeper

*Graph* Which of the following statements about Americans trust un tge mass media is best supported by the date in the graph

It generally decreases over time

In political science terms, what is the term used for the bridge between the people and the policy institutions?

Linkage Institutions

*illustration* The facts of which of the following cases are most related to the political cartoon

New York times v. United States

Which of the following portrays an accurate example of horse race media coverage?

News media outlets report the results of public opinion polls that show the relative popularity of presidential candidates

*illustration* Which of the following headlines is most relevant to the political cartoon?

Nixon administation goes to court to stop pentagon papers release

In this country, lives laws make it almost impossible to prevent press criticisms of

Public Figures

Which of the following is most frequently reported in the media during a presidential election?

Results from the public opinion polls that indicate which candidates are most likely to win

The president who made the mistake of arranging the media publicly rather than privately

Richard Nixon

To attract large readership to their papers, Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst had their newspapers focus on

Sensationalism in their coverage

An important Senate race takes place in the state of Georgia. Rather than focus on the issue positions taken by the candidates, a 24-hour cable news station instead focuses primarily on poll results and campaign strategies using a "big board" to show the counties where each candidate has the most support. Which of the following is an effect of this type of new coverage?

The electorate will be less able to accurately compare the policy platforms of candidates running in the election

*illustration* Which of the following attributes of the political cartoon would best represent the governments use of prior restraint?

The fallen pillars

In 2002, Congress passed the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act in an effort to regulate campaign finance by limiting the ability of corporations and unions to spend their general treasury funds on election communications. In 2010, the Supreme Court invalidated this provision of the act. Which of the following statements accurately describes the majority decision of the case?

The first amendment allows corporations and unions to make independent expenditures regarding candidates for office

The Washington post receives a top secrete report that details how the executive branch.... By the publishers cite the percent in New York times company v. united states establishing which of the following legal rules

The heavy presumption against prior restraint

While the central goal of political parties is to win elections, parties can also support democracy. Which of the following scenarios best illustrates this relationship?

The house committee on transportation and infrastructure uses research given to it from the american society of civil engineers when amending an infrastructure bill

In 2005, the reporter Judith Miller of the New York Times spent eighty five days in jail because she would not reveal the name of the individual who told her

The name of a CIA employee

The watergate scandal during the nixon administration was first exposed by

The washington post

According to the text, the first president to erase cultivation of the media to an art from was (he was the first to hire a press secretary)

Theodore Roosevelt

Which of the following statement about news papers during the early years of the republic is true?

They made little or no attempt to appear objective.

What is the term for when a politician sends an anonymous idea to see whether the public is receptive

Trial Ballon

Once something is published

all of the above

The media link the public with government officials by

carrying information between the public and the government

which of the following provides the most accurate explanation of how consumer driven media increases partisan polarization

consumer driven media reinforces existing political biases in individuals

The agenda setting function of the media refers to the power to

decide which issues are important enough to bring to public attention

The press is connected to public policy because it

disseminates it

Which types of news stories cover events that a reporter seeks out bc they are not covered by the press

feature

unlike big city newspapers, radio and television stations must

have a government license to operate

In addition to information, the media offers assessments on legislation that cab

influence how elected officials vote ob the measure

The medias effect on public opinion can best be described as

influencing which issues the public sees as important

the media also plays a role in

informing government officials about issues which they are unaware of

One reason that so many news leaks occur is that

it is legal to print most government secrets

Although seemingly contentious, the relationship between the media and government officials ultimately

maximizes their cooperation to meet the demands placed on them

among the weapons that the government uses to constrain journalists is the

need for journalists to stay on good terms with their inside sources of information

If a reporter can quote an official by name, the information provided is

on the record

The emphasis the media places on its role as "scorekeeper" might come at the cost of attention to

policies

The medias demands for timely and accurate information serve all of the following purposed except

preventing public officals from having the time to craft their own news stories

The tendency to tune out statements that are inconsistent with our existing beliefs is known as

selective attention

The news media select what storied to cover and give the most press to

stories that are controversial and negative

Which amendment to the U.S. constitution prevents the government from censoring the media

the first amendment YASSS

For Public opinion in the united states to win a libel suit against the press, her or she must prove that

the material was untrue and printers maliciously

The federal government sued the new york times to prevent people from publishing

the pentagon papers

Which of the following describes a consequence of the growing concentration of ownership of the news media

there is increased similarity of network news coverage

At the turn of the twentieth century, the growing media sensationalism influencing the public opinion was known as

yellow journalism