Chapter 10

Based on current understandings of the First Amendment, which of the following statements regarding government regulation of the media is LEAST accurate?

Because the livelihood of public officials depends heavily on their reputations, courts have made it easy for them to successfully sue print media for libel.

Which president enjoyed the longest honeymoon period with the press?

Franklin Roosevelt

Which of the following statements about press coverage of Congress is LEAST accurate?

The congressional press corps consists of fewer than thirty members.

Which of the following statements about young Americans is LEAST accurate?

They are less skeptical of media sources and more likely to accept media claims than older Americans.

Who was the first president to hold regular press conferences?

Woodrow Wilson

spin

a campaign's favorable interpretation of their campaign and unfavorable view of their opponet's activities

The traditional media

are facing more competition and declining consumption. determine what stories are newsworthy. All these answers are correct. interpret the motives of political officials. often influence what issues should be placed on the national agenda.

bloggers

citizens who create online diaries and forums for the posting of opinions and personal viewpoints

adversarial or attack journalism

form of interpretive journalism that adopts a hostile position toward government, politics, and political figures

Journalists frequently use sports metaphors to describe politics and are particularly apt to compare elections to

horseracing.

From 1985 to the present, which medium has witnessed the most drastic decline in audience approval?

major national newspapers

sound bites

news programs' short video clips of politicians' statments

spin doctors

political campaign operatives who interpret campaign events in the most favorable light for their candidate

narrowcasting

programming targeted to one small sector of the population, made possible by the emergence of cable tv and the internet

Which of the following terms best describes yellow journalism?

sensational

exit polls

surveys of voters taken when they leave the polling place, which are then used to project the winner of an election

fairness doctine

the law that formerly required broadcasters to present contrasting views on important public issues

equal time rule

the rule requiring that all broadcasters provide airtime equally to all candidates if they provide it to any

mass media

the total array of mass communication, including television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and the internet

The televised Nixon-Kennedy debate of 1960 revealed that

the visual appearance of candidates affects viewers' assessment of their qualifications.