Exam 7: The Mass Media and the Political Agenda

Iyengar and Kinder's research found that TV news __________.

What is an event called that is purposely staged for the media and that is significant just because the media are there?

Top aides to President Clinton leaked his admission of an "inappropriate relationship" to the New York Times in order to gauge the public response to the revelation.Based on the public's response to this __________,Clinton went ahead and admitted the "inappropriate relationship" to the grand jury.

Civil rights activists in the 1960s used the media to show Americans the injustice of the treatment of minorities,successfully placing the civil rights issue onto the __________.

In democracies,the primary interest of publicly owned media is __________.

Over 80 percent of the nation's daily newspaper circulation is published by massive media conglomerates called __________.

The use of in-depth reporting to unearth scandals,scams,and schemes,at times putting reporters in adversarial relationships with political leaders,is referred to as __________ journalism.

The media act as a __________ between the people and policymakers.

The increased number of news and infotainment options has resulted in __________ in which media outlets focus on a particular interest and aim at a particular audience.

__________ is the tendency for viewers to seek news that aligns with their existing ideas.

Public officials often leak __________ to reporters to see what the political reaction will be.

The primary interest of privately owned media is __________.

Television,radio,and the Internet are __________ media;newspapers and magazines are __________ media.

Which of these is an example of a major television network?

Trial balloons are used for which of the following?

Which of these would a major TV network be least likely to show for very long?

Policy entrepreneurs are people who invest __________ in an issue.

Thomas Patterson's careful analysis of campaign reporting has shown that since 1960,its emphasis has changed dramatically from __________.

The cozy relationship between politicians and the press in the twentieth century lasted until when?

Increasing public attention to specific problems is a core feature of the media's __________ power.