Exam 7: The Mass Media and the Political Agenda

The issues that attract serious attention from public officials and other people actively involved in politics at the time are collectively referred to as __________ agenda.

__________ are intentional news leaks for the purpose of assessing the political reaction.

A media event is staged for the purpose of being covered by the media.

What consequences follow the character and quality of media coverage of political news when news organizations are privately owned? How does this differ from the type of coverage provided by publicly owned organizations?

Research suggests that the overriding bias in the news is one toward stories that __________.

The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and others involved in politics are collectively known as the policy agenda.

How does government regulate the news media? Are these regulations beneficial to democracy?

Reporters believe that exposing officeholders is an essential task of the media.

A dog-bites-man story is more likely to be newsworthy than is a man-bites-dog story.

An intentional news leak for the purpose of assessing the political reaction it generates is called a(n)__________.

Based on information in the Chapter,if you were a media consultant,what recommendations would you make to a candidate about how to get his or her message out through the mass media?

Press conferences are meetings of __________ with reporters.

A majority of Americans believe that press criticism of political leaders is worthwhile because it keeps leaders from doing things that should not be done.

The First Amendment guarantees American journalists the freedom to criticize government leaders and policies.

If a reporter is assigned to cover news from the Pentagon,it is considered the reporter's __________.

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

A majority of presidential campaign spending is devoted to TV ads.

The __________ is the set of issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actively involved in politics at the time.

Research by Miller and Krosnick demonstrates that the effects of agenda-setting are particularly strong among which group?

Many political scientists believe that investigative journalism contributes to public cynicism and negativity about politics.