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Gavel-to-gavel coverage of House and Senate sessions is provided by
C-SPAN.
__________ had the most profound impact of any modern event on the manner and substance of the press's conduct.
Watergate
Local television stations that carry the programming of a national network are called
affiliates.
The press have a strong effect in
agenda setting.
The media shifted from mere description towards prescription, due to
all of the above
Most media coverage of Congress centers on
all of the above.
The effects of the increase in media mergers in recent years, so that each national television network is now a piece of a massive corporation, include
all of the above.
The media consist of the
all of the above.
The most influential national papers in this country are
all of the above.
The press have biases including
all of the above.
Despite Sullivan, the threat of libel litigation does persist in its deterrent effect on the press because
all of the above.v
The Federal Communications Commission is
an independent regulatory agency
The members of the Federal Communications Commission
are appointed by the president
Private ownership of the media in the United States makes the American news industry
dependent on advertising revenues.
In 1987 the FCC abolished the fairness doctrine on the grounds that
it was no longer necessary
The branch of government that is most difficult for the media to cover is the
judiciary.
The Nation is considered a __________ magazine.
liberal
The president receives the lion's share of press coverage, and
much of it is unfavorable.
A form of newspaper publishing during the early twentieth century concerned with reforming government and business conduct is called
muckraking.
The media have a(n) __________ effect on the opinions of most readers and viewers
profound
The sort of sensational reporting characterized in the late nineteenth century by the New York Journal and the New York World is known as
yellow journalism
A form of journalism popular in the late nineteenth century that featured pictures, comics, color, and sensationalized, oversimplified news coverage was called
yellow journalism.
The congressional press corps has approximately __________ members.
3,000
Television network news is watched by __________% of Americans
49
Of the adult population, __________% read a daily newspaper.
50
Currently, approximately __________ of U.S. households are wired for cable TV.
50%
Local television news is watched by __________% of Americans.
67
The FCC regulation that prohibits any company from owning more than one AM, one FM, or one television station in a single community is called the
7-7-7 rule.
The first newspaper was published in America in
1690.
Radio became widely available during the
1920s
The first governmental regulation of the electronic media came in
1927
The first radio broadcast of an election occurred in
1928.
Television was introduced in the
1940s.
The press secretary for Lyndon Baines Johnson was
Bill Moyers
Formal presidential news conferences are often held in the
East Room.
Interstate and foreign broadcast communication is regulated by the
Federal Communications Commission.
Which president is known for his radio "fireside chats" that informed citizens about important issues?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was the first president to appear on television?
Franklin Roosevelt
The first president to have a press secretary was
Herbert Hoover.
The media often cover congressional investigations, among the most notorious of these was/were the
McCarthy hearings.
The first paper of the penny press was called the
New York Sun.
A factor that permits the modern press to undertake character investigations is a ruling by the Supreme Court that public officials would have to prove "actual malice" to win a libel suit. This has made it very hard for public officials to sue for libel. The case was
New York Times v. Sullivan.
The Supreme Court ruled that the government could not prevent the publication of classified documents in the case
New York Times v. United States
A new era of court coverage was ushered in by the
O.J. Simpson trial.
Among the publishers who promoted yellow journalism was
William Randolph Hearst.
The National Review is considered a __________ magazine.
conservative
Totally unsourced news is often referred to as
deep background.
Web based newspapers and information
do not cut into subscriptions or revenues for media outlets.
The FCC regulation requiring a broadcast station that gives or sells time to a candidate for public office to make available an equal amount of time under the same conditions to all candidates for that office is known as the
equal opportunities rule.
The press has a much greater impact on certain topics, for example,
events in foreign countries
The most controversial regulation promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission was the __________ that was in effect from 1949 to 1985.
fairness doctrine
The modern president __________ news conferences.
gives a limited number of
Between 1909 and 1994, the number of daily newspapers in the United States
increased substantially
When a source for a news story is referred to as a senior administration official or similarly vague reference, these sources have offered information
on background.
Among people age eighteen to twenty-nine, __________ read a newspaper daily
one-third
In New York Times v. Sullivan (1964), the Supreme Court ruled that
public figures need to prove "actual malice" to win libel suits.
The FCC regulation that requires stations to make their facilities available to all responsible elements in the community for the expression of conflicting views is known as the
reasonable access rule.
Television and radio are regulated by the federal government because
the airwaves are public property.
Recent press attention to the private activities and personalities of candidates is called
the character issue.
People who use media websites tend
to be highly informed voters who use the Web to update their information.
The main function of the mass media is
to make money like any other business.