AFG Midterm 2 Ch. 7

Which age group is more likely to be a consumer of television network news?

People older than the age of 65

What is the entity that presents the vast array of sources of information that are available to the public?

The mass media

Which amendment governs freedom of the press?

The First Amendment

A college student gets most news online from sources such as the Huffington Post and Daily Kos. In contrast, the student’s grandparent reads a print version of the Wall Street Journal from cover to cover. Which term best describes the grandparent’s consumption of news?

Hard news

What was the series of articles written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to support the ratification of the constitution called?

The Federalist Papers

The press concealed the health of which president, thereby preserving his public image?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

What has happened to newspaper readership since the 1990s?

It has declined for both younger and older age groups.

Which assessment of the 1960 debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy os considered correct?

Most television watchers though Kennedy won, and most radio listeners though Nixon won.

After September 11th, President George W. Bush declared war in the Middle East in Iraq and Afghanistan. Which term best describes the ways the media emphasized the issue of fighting terrorism and presented the war in a favorable light?

Framing

Which of the following best describes Facebook?

Social networking site

Which model for interpreting public opinion asserts the news media does not have a lot of influence on the public’s thinking about politics?

Minimal effects

Which was a result of the Pentagon Papers Supreme Court decision?

The government had not met and would have needed to meet an extraordinary burden of proof for prior restraint

Which federal agency oversees the regulation of electronic media?

Federal Communications Commission

Both Joseph Pulitzer and Adolph Ochs, who purchased the New York Times in 1896, supported:

Objective reporting and investigative journalism

Which Supreme Court case limited the government’s ability to suppress a news story?

Near v. Minnesota (1931)

Which Supreme Court case determined that proof of malice was a prerequisite for a libel conviction?

New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)

Which president is most closely associated with fireside chats?

Franklin Roosevelt

Which president started their own newspaper to get their message out regarding issues of the day?

james K. Polk

Which of the following is an example of selective exposure?

An individual only listens to news on the radio from a single source.

Which of the following statements best describes a current trend regarding social media and how news is circulated?

There has been a recent increase is misinformation and disinformation

Commentary posts by matt Drudge or those found published on sites like the Daily Kos are all examples of which type of media that provides forums for general conversation and allows average citizens to express their opinion to a wider audience?

Blogs

In what way has social media affected how people become informed about important issues?

Social media has increased the speed and scale of the spread of disinformation

Walter Cronkite, a television news anchor, was considered what?

The most trusted man in America

How do foreign powers such as Russia and China use the American media to influence our understanding of events and interfere in elections?

Russia and China both use thousands of fake social media accounts to spread disinformation to favor or denigrate candidates.

In the mid-1990s, virtually every form of media—TV news, magazines, newspapers, and radio—covered O.J. Simpson’s murder trial, a criminal court case involving the former football player and the suspicious deaths of his ex-wife and her friend. The O.J. trial captivated the nation for years. What is the effect called when news covers an item so frequently that the audience begins to see the issue as immensely important?

Agenda setting