POS2041-Chapter 7
In which year was newspaper readership the highest?
1995
In what year did more people get their news from radio than from newspapers?
2015
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.
Which statement about news sources is accurate?
More people used the radio for news in 2017 than in 2007.
What is a media monopoly?
the concentration of media ownership by a few large corporations
***Individuals with home high-speed internet access and the skills to use it are called
digital citizens.
During the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton received
half the amount of media coverage as Donald Trump.
A consequence of the limited public broadcasting available in the United States relative to other Western democracies is the American public
has less political knowledge than people in other Western democracies.
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 a
watchdog.
Large media conglomerates, such as the Hearst, McClatchy, and Gannett corporations, own approximately ________ of daily newspapers.
75%
Which of the following is a good example of a media monopoly?
Disney
Which agency regulates broadcast media in the United States?
Federal Communications Commission
Which of the following bestdescribes 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.
During the last decade, the number of newspaper journalists working in the United States has
decreased by 50%.
The frequent reporting on the federal investigation by Robert Mueller regarding whether anyone close to Trump participated in Russia's 2016 election interference is an example of the media's commitment to
adversarial journalism.
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.
***Which of the following requires an FCC license in order to legally broadcast in the United States?
over-the-air television stations
