Ch. 8 - Media Quiz

______ is all the ways people get information about politics and the wider world.

Media

One of the most direct ways the media affects politics is via its __________ role

Agenda-setting

Facebook is an example of

New Media

What is one ways the internet could enhance democracy?

Making everyone a potential news reporter

Although crime is _____, media coverage has audiences believing crime is _____

dropping; rising

The corporate setting helps blur the line between news, politics, and entertainment, a phenomenon now described as

Infotainment

During the 1930s, who delivered a weekly radio address known as the “Fireside Chat”?

Franklin Roosevelt

What is the main demographic for talk radio?

Middle-aged white male and conservative

Which group is most likely to claim the media is biased?

Republicans

Local news gets much of its drama from

Crime

In media jargon, what is a small clip from a candidate speech referred to as?

A “sound bite”

What does media sell?

Audience

Which two networks monopolized the television news business during the 1960s and 1970s?

CBS and NBC

What government agency was created in the FDR administration to referee the airwaves?

Federal Communications Commission

In the 1830s, ______ became the first mass media

Newspapers

What did the Telecommunications Act of 1996 accomplish?

It allowed for cross-ownership of media outlets by media conglomerates

Sound bites have gone from over _____ seconds to under _____ seconds.

40; 8

Which media form is likely to include a variety of viewpoints?

Newspaper

The United States does not typically rely on which model of media organization?

Government organization

News media is likely to pitch a story toward which political slant?

Center

Why do people complain about news media bias?

All of the above

What classic “rule of thumb” guides local TV news?

“If it bleeds it leads”

What is NOT considered “new media"?

Cable news

Who was president when the FCC repealed the Fairness Doctrine?

Ronald Reagan

Research has shown that reporting on terrorist acts leads to

More terrorist acts

After the Watergate scandal reporters redefined their roles and became

Skeptics

What did the Fairness Doctrine attempt to accomplish?

It regulated the mass media so that different viewpoints would have to be presented on each television station

Because people generally consume media that reinforces their existing beliefs, it takes broad coverage with an unambiguous message to change peoples' minds. What does the textbook call this phenomenon?

A “loud signal”

A major change in media over the past fifty years is

More formats

Which type of media bias is most obvious to academics?

Commercial