American History- Chapter 7 Quiz

Which agency regulates broadcast media in the United States?

Federal Communications Commission

When we say the media have the power of framing, we mean that

the media can affect how people view a topic or form opinions on a topic

Which of the following best describes the relationship that the news media have with big technology companies?

Technology companies are increasingly developing or buying major news media companies.

Privately owned media companies In the United States earn most of their revenue from

advertising

Which of the following stories would an American news outlet that relies primarily on advertising revenue be LEAST likely to cover?

an economics professor providing testimony to a congressional committee on the effect of tariffs

Individuals with home high-speed internet access and the skills to use it are called

digital citizens

The gap in access to the internet due to differences in education, income, age, geographic location, and race/ethnicity is known as

digital divide

Digital citizenship requires

high-speed internet access and the skills to use and evaluate online information

Framing is the power the media has to

influence how events, issues, and people's actions are interpreted and understood

The fact that a decreasing number of companies owns an increasingly large share of the American media is a concern primarily because

it increases the risk that politicians and citizens who express less popular or minority viewpoints will have difficulty finding a public forum.

More than three-fourths of daily print newspapers are owned by

large media conglomerates

Which statement about news sources is accurate?

more people used the radio for news in 2017 then in 2007

Which of the following best describes the level of ideological bias in the news media overall?

most sources have been found to be centrist

In which year was newspaper readership the highest?

1995

In what year did more people get their news from radio than from newspapers?

2015

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

75%

The now-defunct requirement that broadcasters provide time for opposing views when they air programs on controversial issues was called

Fairness Doctrine

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.

The frequent reporting on the federal investigation by Robert Mueller regarding whether anything close to Trump participated in Russia's 2016 election interference is an example of the media's commitment to

Adversarial journalism

Which of the following best describes Americans level of trust in the media today?

Democrats are more likely than Republicans to think that information from national news organizations is very trustworthy.

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the government and the media in the United States today

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

when we say the media have the power of agenda setting or filtering, we mean that

The media shape which topics the government must deal with

Public broadcasting outlets that receive partial funding through license fees and government subsidies

account for less than 5 percent of media market share in the United States

Adversarial journalism refers to

a form of reporting in which the media adopt a skeptical or even hostile posture toward the government and public officials

In general, FCC regulations apply only to

over-the-air broadcast media

Which of the following requires an FCC license in order to legally broadcast in the United States?

over-the-air television stations

Which of the following is the best definition of the media?

print and digital forms of communication that include everything from websites, newspapers, television, and radio

Despite its widespread availability, ________ typically provide(s) the least depth of news coverage.

television

Which of the following is not a reason that many Americans appear to prefer online news?

the accuracy and objectivity compared to traditional media outlets

The media are sometimes referred to as the "fourth branch of government" because

they provide a check on the power of government and political leaders.

If a number of newspapers published stories exposing an elected official's acceptance of monetary bribes from a corporation in exchange for passing a particular law, it would be an example of the media serving in their role as

watchdog