Exam 17: Mass Media and Governance

In 2010,200 000 Canadians joined a __________________ group called Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament.

Which term refers to members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery meeting with politicians after Question Period?

Which term was used by Edmund Burke when he referred to the press?

Which term describes a politician's refusal to answer questions and even meet with reporters?

Joseph Howe invited the jurors at his libel trial to leave __________________ as a legacy to their children.

The process by which media coverage shapes how people see issues is called __________________.

According to Jürgen Habermas,true knowledge can be acquired only through the exchange of

Who wrote the classic work Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media?

A political candidate without media exposure still has a good chance of winning.

The elite influence the lower classes by manipulating ideas communicated by the news media.

In Canada,broadcast election advertising is governed by __________________.

Why would someone want to "leak" information to the press?

Blogs represent a kind of democratization in news coverage.

Scrums are a feature of Canadian political news coverage.

Give examples of how the internet is changing the government-media landscape.Does this favour politicians,the public,or both?

The CNN effect works only in the United States.

What strategy did Theodore Roosevelt use to outsmart the media?

A propagandist documentary helped to shape issues in the 2004 presidential campaign.

Selecting aspects of reality for emphasis,thereby shaping how the audience sees the reality,is called sourcing.

In the days after Confederation,newspapers tended to