Exam 14: Mass Media and the Press

Which hypothesis predicts that people will choose to consume news from media outlets based on their personal interests and the issue areas that various outlets emphasize?

Identify and describe three hypotheses that explain why people choose particular outlets for political news.What assumptions about people's interest in politics or cognitive processes motivate these theories? What evidence supports or contradicts the predictions of these theories?

What are the primary functions of the press in a democracy? How does the press fulfill these duties in the United States? How well does the modern American media serve these public functions? Is the modern media environment an improvement over previous periods in the historical development of mass media in the United States?

Which hypothesis predicts that people will choose to consume news from media outlets that share their ideological predispositions?

Shows like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report focus primarily on offering a satirical presentation of real world news.What term best identifies the type of programming these two shows engage in?

In which country is the press principally state-owned but operated independently of the government?

Which is most consistent with the partisan hypothesis?

The media tactic that involves using the psychological process of shaping people's perceptions of a particular issue,figure,or policy is also known as ____________________.

A news organization that supports an incumbent president would exhibit ______________ by failing to report any news about the economy during a recession.

A news producer for a major network newscast is trying to determine whether to cover a celebrity's recent drug arrest,or violence in a country that few Americans know about.According to the profit motive,which story will be chosen,and why?

According to studies on learning and the media,where do people learn most of their news about current events?

Media bias ____________________.