Political Science Exam #2

All of the following are important roles for the media in American democracy EXCEPT

enabling privately owned companies to advertise their products to the public.

The traditional news media aim to provide objective reporting on current events by

excluding the personal views of reporters or editors from their coverage.

In the United States, freedom of the press is protected by

the First Amendment of the Constitution.

Which of the following is an example of a public broadcasting organization?

the National Public Radio (NPR)

Which of the following statements best characterizes the traditional news media's relationship to objectivity

Although completely objective reporting is unattainable because people inevitably have biases that shape their understanding of events, journalists attempt to be objective by reporting both sides of a story

Public broadcasting in the United States

accounts for a much larger share of the media market than in other Western democracies, such as France, Germany, and Denmark.

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

advertising.

Public broadcasting refers to any television, radio, and digital media that

receives funding from the public through license fees, subsidies, or tax dollars.

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 their role as a

watchdog