Exam 14: Mass Media and the Press

An important conclusion from the agenda-setting literature is that the media are very good at telling people ________ and less successful at ________.

Which of the following events helped shift the media toward a more objective standard of news reporting?

The ________ required broadcasters to give equal time to competing candidates for public office.

Which of the following would be an example of framing, in the context of the political media?

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

A news organization critical of an incumbent president would exhibit ________ bias 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.

In 1992, the media continually discussed and mentioned Vice President Dan Quayle's inability to spell the word "potato" (which he spelled in a New Jersey classroom "potatoe") to highlight a mistake and influence the criteria that individuals use to judge politicians (namely to make Quayle seem incompetent). What technique best describes the media's focus on Quayle here?

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

________ bias refers to a media's systematic tendency to interject editorial content into the coverage of issues or events.

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

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?

The government has reason to believe that a story describing war strategy in Iraq to be published by The New York Times jeopardizes national security. ________ may allow the government to stop the publication of the story.

The ________ hypothesis predicts that people will choose to consume news from media outlets that share their ideological predispositions.

________ media are intended to convey messages to large, public audiences, like blogs, email, and tweets.

________ media are intended to convey interpersonal communications that are not intended for a wider audience.

What is the term for the media tactic that involves focusing on a specific aspect of a story over other aspects?

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?

Which is most consistent with the partisan hypothesis?

________ allows governmental actors to prevent media outlets from publishing particular material it believes will jeopardize public safety or national security.