AP GOV UNIT 4 TEST

The defintion of media is:

a form of communication often through the use of technology

What is the main purpose of the media?

To convey information

Which of these is a from of media?

All of the above

Mass media delivers information to a _____ audience.

large

What has happened to the circulation of newspapers and magazines?

Declined

What has happened to the length of political commercials over time?

Shorter

The agenda setting function of the media refers to the power to

decide which issues are important enough to bring to public attention

The ability of the news media, by covering stories about some topcis and not others, to shape the public agenda

Gatekeeper

The press’s role as an overseer of government officials to ensure they act in the public interest

Watchdog

Increasing public attention to a specific problems is a core feature of the media’s _____ power.

agenda-setting

What government agency regulates the airwaves?

FCC

When the media only shows/publishes one side of an issue, the media is

displaying bias

Which of the following statements about newspapers is accurate?

As a result of serious financial losses, newspapers have had to take dramatic cutbacks in recent years.

Which of the following news sources reaches the most Americans?

television

What is bias in the media?

News reported in a partial/prejudiced manner

The media leaves out one side of the story, or one aspect of the story

Bias through omission

A media outlet leaves out sources that support an opposing point of view

Bias by selection of sources

A news outlet prominently places news stories that coincide with a specific agenda

Bias by placement

Leaving out one side of an article is called ___ bias.

Omission

This type of bias involves tagging of conservative groups, while leaving opposing groups untagged.

Labeling

This type of bias occurs when a story has only one interpretation of an event or policy

Spin

More and more Americans get their information from social media apps

TRUE

____ corporations control 90% of the news media in the US as of 2012?

6

Which statement accurately describes a trend in U.S newspapers?

Newspaper readership is in steep decline particularly among people under 30

Which statement accurately describes media ownership in the United States?

Most media is owned by large corporations

President Donald Trump’s use of Twitter

showed the power of social media to get a politician’s message out

Which of the following media would be classified as “the press”?

newspapers, radio, television, print and electronic media

Which of these are true when conducting a good public opinion poll?

All of these are true

True or False? White people’s percentage of the American vote is at an all-time high and is continuing to rise

False

Statistically speaking, which person would be more likely to vote?

An older, educated, government employee

Most Americans fall into one of two political ideologies. What are they?

Liberal and Conservative