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| The role of the media in determining which issues the public considers important, by covering some issues and ignoring others, is referred to as ___________ . |
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| What is a standard treatment of the media under authoritarian regimes? |
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| What is an example of a story that was largely ignored due to a lack of available captivating images and drama? |
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| The safety of New Orleans before Katrina |
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| The information uncovered in the Watergate scandal was result of the journalism practice called ___________ . |
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| More than 100 million people have visited ___________ to find such information as demographic changes and bills under consideration by Congress. |
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| Critics of the media election coverage complain that it does not pay enough attention to the ___________ . |
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| policy positions of the candidates |
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| ___________ is a popular political site for conservatives. |
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| The digital age has brought about the use of ___________ by websites like CNN's iReport |
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| Which of the following is the term used to describe news reports that are both informative and designed to attract the interest of viewers? |
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| ___________ dominates the radio airwaves, with nearly 17 million listeners on its stations. |
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| The ___________ is one of the few major national newspapers that feeds stories to outlets around the country. |
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| High-tech politics refers to ___________ . |
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| politics in which the behavior of citizens and policymakers is shaped by technology |
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| During the 2008 election campaign, Barack Obama's door-to-door canvassing of middle-class neighborhoods with television crews in tow was an example of a ___________ . |
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| Compared with print news sources, television news ___________ . |
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| is better at conveying emotions from sound bites and visual cues rather than translating facts |
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| The issues that attract the serious attention of the public officials and others involved in politics are collectively known as the ___________ . |
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| The primary goal of media companies is ___________ . |
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| The heavy reliance on official sources means that government officials may often be able to control, to a large extent, ___________ . |
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| what journalists report and how they report it |
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| Extensive investigative reporting, such as what was done on the Watergate scandal in 1970's is rare because ___________ . |
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| it is time-consuming and expensive |
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| Why is it important for citizens in a democracy to have good information about politics and policies? |
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| a democracy requires accurate information so that people can make informed decisions about their government |
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| Given current standards of popular reporting, which of the following would be the least newsworthy, meaning which is likely to get the least media coverage? |
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| substantive policy issues |
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| The trend in evening local news broadcasts is toward ___________ . |
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| What is the name for part-time reporters who cover stories for networks from a distant local? |
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| One reason mainstream news organizations remain the most important set of institutions in setting the agenda of American politics is ___________ . |
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| that many of the alternative sources on the Internet reach only small and fragmented audiences |
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| In the United STates, the choice of which issues and stories are worthy of news coverage is decided by ___________ . |
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| Which of the following has the potential to fragment the influence of other media? |
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| Today, most media outlets are owned by ___________ . |
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| A viewer of the Fox News Channel is most likely to be ___________ . |
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| a conservative Republican |
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| Reporters often put on a show of aggressive questioning at White House press conferences. Yet they usually work hard to stay on good terms with officials and to avoid fundamental challenges of the officials' positions because ___________ . |
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| of the mutual dependence between reporters and government officials |
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| During the era of Watergate, the infamous government official known as ___________ showed how a person leaking information could affect media coverage and government practices. |
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| Which president went so far in its media management as to allow a political operative to be planted among the accredited White House press corps to ask questions at presidential news conferences? |
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| Which is an example of a president staging a media event? |
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| Obama going to West Point to discuss war strategy |
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| IN the late 1800's and 1900's, muckracking journalists would publish sensational news stories. Today, journalists consider themselves ___________ and try to keep politicians in check. |
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| Why are reporters so dependent on official sources during military actions? |
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| The Defense Department tries to restrict access of reporters to military personnel and the battlefield. |
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| ___________ is news reported with no evaluative language. |
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| A young reporter wants to write important pieces like those written after the Watergate scandal. What type of reporting is this? |
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| The New York Times is considered a ___________ publication. |
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| Which of the following best summarizes ideological bias in the media? |
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| Some people think the media have a conservative bias and some think the media have a liberal bias. |
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| Which news event helped to propel social networking into an important role for breaking stories? |
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| The experts and commentators featured in the media are often ex-officials. The views of the pundits ___________ . |
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| often reflect prevailing "conventional wisdom" inside the Beltway |
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| Democratic societies, like the United States, assume that ___________ . |
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| government officials should be subjected to the scrutiny and review of the media |
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| What is an example of important change in the media during the age of the Internet? |
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| young people have almost entirely given up on newspaper reading |
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| Which of the following best describes freedom of the press in democratic countries? |
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| some countries retain strict secrecy laws, limiting what can be reported |
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| The increasing use of social media has led to a democratization of the news, in which anyone can share information on nearby events, sometimes referred to as "citizen journalism." Which of these is the best example of citizen journalism? |
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| Students tweeting about updates on protests in Libya |
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| IN the United States and other democratic societies, why might many people be concerned about media monopolies and the consolidation of a few large media corporations? |
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| There are fewer viewpoints from which citizens can understand current events |
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| Which of the following characterizes the viewpoints of most American media with regards to foreign policy? |
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| Decidedly pro-American and patriotic |
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| Which site is visited the most on the Internet for political news? |
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| Even before the invention of the Internet and beginning in the 1980's and 19990s, the nightly network news broadcasts (ABC, CBS, NBC) watched their audiences shrink because of an increased audience for ___________ . |
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