Exam 7: The Mass Media and the Political Agenda

Television has enabled voters to rely more on political parties and social groups to make their decisions about candidates and less on their own assessments.

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

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

Chains are groups of newspapers published by __________ and account for over 80 percent of the nation's daily newspaper circulation.

Differences in press coverage between the initial speeches given to Congress by President Reagan and by President Obama show __________.

What effect did the events surrounding the Vietnam War and Watergate have on the news media and their relationship to politics and the American people? Assess whether this was a good development.

Epstein's News From Nowhere suggests which of the following about newsworthiness?

Who declared,"The president of the United States will not stand and be questioned like a chicken thief by men whose names he does not even know"?

Politicians and journalists have a(n)__________ relationship: Politicians rely on journalists to get out their message,and journalists rely on politicians to keep them in the know.

Policy entrepreneurs are political activists who employ media strategies to get their ideas placed high on the governmental agenda.

Policy entrepreneurs are people who invest __________ in an issue.

What are media events,and how are they used?

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

__________ is the process through which people consciously choose to get the news from information sources that have viewpoints compatible with their own.

Research suggests that most reporting is systematically biased in a liberal direction.

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

Which of the following is a consequence of the rise of television broadcasting?

Most people describe government and election news coverage as superficial,narrow,and limited.Explain what factors contribute to these tendencies in news coverage in the United States.Whom do government officials and candidates blame for the nature of news coverage? Whom do journalists blame?

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.

What are the specific locations from which news frequently emanates called?