Exam 14: Mass Media and the Press

In what ways might media organizations be thought of as principals in principal-agent relationships with other entities? In what ways might media organizations assume the role of an agent? How does the duality of the media's role in American politics,serving as both principal in some capacities and agent in others,shape the type of political information that Americans receive?

Which federal regulation required broadcasters to give equal time to competing candidates for public office?

Which term refers to the press's role in monitoring and evaluating public officials and exposing wrongdoing and incompetence?

Which federal regulation required the holders of broadcast licenses to present information on important issues in a way that was honest,equitable,and balanced?

Which best characterizes the development of print media from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century?

Why does the First Amendment permit the federal government to regulate the content of broadcast media in ways that would be impermissible if applied to print media? What are some ways that the federal government regulates or has regulated the content of broadcast media? What are the goals of these regulations? Have the regulations had their intended effects?

The Internet has drastically changed how individuals get information,as well as the messages they receive.How has the Internet and new media in general changed American politics? In particular,how have elections and campaigns been affected?

Which are media intended to convey messages to large,public audiences,like blogs,mass email and tweets?

In the Marvel Comics universe,The Daily Bugle newspaper consistently reports about Spider-Man's actions as being menacing toward society,in an attempt to turn the public against the Wall Crawler.What type of media best describes the actions of The Daily Bugle?

Which are media intended to convey interpersonal communications that are not intended for a wider audience?

A news organization critical of an incumbent president would exhibit ____________________ by reliably reporting the number of American casualties in a foreign conflict without describing the number of enemy casualties or military objectives achieved in combat.

How would we know if an ostensibly objective media outlet is politically biased? What are three types of political bias that might be evident in political news coverage? Is political bias necessarily a liberal or conservative bias? What evidence is there of bias in major American media?

Government licensing of radio frequencies solves a/an ____________________ among radio and television stations by preventing companies from using signals that interfere with one another's broadcasts.

According to studies,what type of individuals are most swayed and persuaded by media information?

Gladys is a food blogger for Good Housekeeping,who writes primarily about making healthy dinners that also happen to look like cakes and other desserts.What type of media is Gladys engaged in?

Which hypothesis predicts that people will choose to consume news from media outlets that provide the level of news coverage,compared to other content,which they most prefer?

Describe the historical development of mass political media in the United States from the eighteenth century to today.Which major technological developments shifted the ways that Americans sent and received political news? How have these developments influenced American politics?

Which of the following would be an example of priming,in regards to the political media?

Which is most consistent with the engagement hypothesis?

Which technological innovation changed news by allowing messages to be more tailored and narrow to specific groups?