Public Opinion and the Media in TexasAssignment
True or false: There is overwhelming evidence that partisan media are making ordinary Americans more partisan.
False
_______is the media's attempts to focus attention on certain events and place them in context for meaning.
Framing
How did the 2014 decision in Verizon v. FCC affect net neutrality?
It effectively ended it.
What best describes the trend in Americans' trust in their government?
It has decreased.
How has the Internet affected political campaigns' ability to control their messages?
It has increased it.
The 1996 Telecommunications Act did what?
It relaxed the limit on how many radio and TV stations one company could own.
Why is Texas a state in which digital media can be especially cost-saving for statewide campaigns?
It's very large and costly to travel to all areas in person.
When there is conflict between competing positions, why is it important for the government to be aware of public opinion?
Public opinion can be used to shape policy.
True or false: Connecting with the public directly is the most important advantage that the Internet offers political campaigns.
True
True or false: Consumers drive media content as much as owners and producers do.
True
What are the top three most popular social media sites in the United States?
Twitter YouTube Facebook
According to Harold Lasswell's model, what questions should we ask in order to better understand "the media"?
What is the method? Who is the sender? Who is the audience? What is the message?
Citizen journalism is especially problematic on _____ because people generally ignore the site's guidelines about attribution.
YouTube
One manner of free exposure for political campaigns is ______.
a newspaper endorsement
The collection, dissemination, and analysis of news and information by the general public, especially by means of the Internet, is called _____ journalism.
citizen
The 2016 simulcast of presidential debates in Spanish is an example of how ______.
consumers drive media content
The purpose of mass media gatekeeping is ______.
determining newsworthiness
For state and local agencies in Texas, social media use is governed by ______.
each agency's internal rules
Interviews with citizens just after they have voted in an election are referred to as_____ polls.
exit
Research has shown that newspapers from counties near the U.S.-Mexico border tend to have an overall negative slant toward immigrants. This "slant" is an example of______
framing
What did "freedom of the press" mean at the time of the founding of the United States?
freedom to use an actual printing press
Mass media filter down all of what is happening in a given community into a specific set of news that is then transmitted to an audience. This is called
gatekeeping
When citizens self-select news sources that are in harmony with their own perspectives and reject those that are not,
ideological gaps among the citizenry form
In his 1992 presidential campaign, Ross Perot spent $34.8 million of his own money on a series of ______.
infomercials
The media cannot effectively act as an adversary to government if it ______.
is not providing accurate, substantive news
Which of the following best characterizes a "public"?
its communicative nature
The role that media bias plays in the development of public opinion is ______.
large
In 2009, utilizing its police powers, the Texas Legislature passed HB 2003. What issue(s) did it address?
online harassment and stalking
Which of the following refers to engagement in the public sphere that encompasses all media and messages between and among citizens, the media, and the governing elite?
political communication
The act of writing or presenting news stories that reflect a significantly distorted view of reality, favoring one party over another in the case of political parties, is called _____ bias.
presentation
The right of rebuttal does not apply to ______.
print media
What are the three broad functions the media serve within their communities?
providing information acting as a link shaping perception
The news media, in particular, operate as an institution within the _____ sphere.
public
One big advantage of the use of digital media for political campaigns is that it ______.
saves money
Push polls are best described as ______.
targeted attacks
In 2015, the FCC reclassified broadband Internet transmission as a _____, which allowed to regulate ISPs, but the protections offered by that decision ended in December 2017.
telecommunications service
Recent research shows that _____ remain(s) the most effective single medium available for the acquisition of political information.
television news
According to anthropologist Thomas de Zengotita, what 1963 event, which was widely covered in the media, changed people's perception of the news?
the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas
What age group is most likely to get its news from print media?
those older than age 65
Approximately what portion of American adults use at least one form of social media to share information?
two-thirds
The media are typically categorized by_______
type of message and type of media
When candidates and campaigns use social media sites to share news with the public, they are better able to control which of the following?
what is covered how a story is covered who sees the news
The effect of public opinion on the increasing number of dismissals for small amounts of marijuana possession demonstrates that_______
when conflict arises, public opinion is mobilized and affects the political elite.
The Telegraph and Texas Register is remembered as the originator of what rallying cry?
"Remember the Alamo!"
At the time of the founding of the nation, journalists were called_____
"newsmongers"
According to a 2019 Texas Politics Project poll, what percent of Texans supported legalizing the use of marijuana for medical use only?
26 percent
What does the term "concentration" mean when discussing media in the United States?
A few conglomerates have emerged as the major providers of information.
