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Which of the following news sources reaches the most Americans? |
Television |
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Brief quotes and short characterizations of the day’s events in news coverage are called? |
Sound bites |
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Why do radio stations repeat the news so often throughout the day? |
The audience is constantly changing since most people listen to the radio in their cars. |
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Which group has had great popularity on radio talk shows? |
Conservatives |
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Which media source is most critical in setting news agendas? |
Newspapers |
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Cheap, tabloid-style papers produced in the nineteenth century were collectively referred to as? |
The penny press |
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Google News and Real Clear Politics are good examples of? |
News aggregators |
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Niche journalism refers to? |
News reporting targeted for a demographic of readers based on content or ideological presentation. |
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A website devoted entirely to reporting on climate change and other environmental issues is an example of? |
Niche journalism |
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The decentralization of news refers to? |
The decline of national media reporting and the revitalization of local news coverage. |
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The following are all concerns raised by the growing popularity of online news except? |
A reduction in the diversity of perspectives that can potentially be hear. |
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Most local newspapers get their national news from? |
Wire services |
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What has helped accelerate the trend toward less variety in national news in the past decade? |
The corporate consolidation of news media into a small number of conglomerates. |
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The development of media giants with access to a variety of media holdings raises the question of whether? |
There is enough competition among the media to produce a diverse set of views and opinions. |
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The power of the media to draw public attention to particular issues and problems is called? |
Agenda setting |
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The media can set the political agenda in the United States by? |
Identifying an issue as a problem that must be solve. |
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The most important selection bias in news is? |
The audience appeal of a story. |
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Besides their ideological biases, journalists also exhibit selection biases in favor of news stories they view as? |
Having a great deal of dramatic or entertainment value. |
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The fact that the media referred to the Obama administration’s health care initiative as "reform" instead of as "health care rationing" is an example of the media’s power of? |
Framing |
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When media coverage affects the way the public evaluates a political leader in future actions, this effect is called? |
Priming |
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During the nineteenth century, newspapers were controlled by? |
Political parties |
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The______ regulates broadcast media? |
Federal Communications Commission |
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The Communications Decency Act was struck down by the Supreme Court because it violated the? |
First Amendment’s right to freedom of speech. |
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If a television station sold commercial time to a Republican candidate for governor, but refused to sell time to the Democratic candidate for governor, this station would be violating the? |
Equal time rule |
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The proliferation of news sources in recent years has? |
Encouraged polarization because many media outlets seek to position themselves within a discrete ideological or partisan niche rather than maintain a middle-of-the-road stance. |
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