Exam 6: Mass Media: Setting the Political Agenda

Public awareness of a candidate is often referred to as __________ recognition.

It can be argued that in spite of critiques about "fluff" on television,this medium __________.

How do new media facilitate cyberculture?

The Chicago Sun-Times running a week-long feature on voter registration and providing information about registering is an example of __________.

On network news,the average sound bite given to candidates to speak on their own behalf is about __________ long.

How does political polarization of the media impact our political system?

When comparing the usage of the Internet as a news source to television,newspapers,and radio,the Pew Research Center has discovered what trend over the last decade?

Media influence over values and opinions is reduced by selective perception,mentally screening out __________ with which we disagree.

False writings that are intended to damage an individual are examples of __________.

Which of these do Americans choose most often as a source of news?

Which of these is generally marked by a conservative bias,according to the authors?

Ironically,the overwhelmingly large number of political Web sites may wind up __________.

What is the main determinant of advertising revenue for newspapers?

Which of these media outlets is MOST likely to be criticized by your very conservative Uncle Frank for being biased?

When considering the activist role of the media,the __________ of reporters,producers,and news anchors are an important element of American politics.

Of the following,which is considered "hard programming"?

Howard Dean was the first major candidate to __________.

Edmund Burke called the free news press and the people and institutions of the free press the "__________ estate" of the realm.

The ideas of no prior restraint and the equal-time rule have the same goal of providing balanced news.

In both print and broadcast media,there are more journalists than ever before.