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American Government & Politics Today 19e
Assignment # 1 – Chapter 10 – The Media & Politics
Questions 1 – 10: Fill in the Blank with the correct term (2 pts each) – 20 points
1) The public’s right of access to the media. The Federal Communications Commission and the courts have
gradually taken the stance that citizens do have a right to media access.
Media Access
2) A method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio or video files, for downloading onto mobile devices
or personal computers.
podcasting
3) Issues that are perceived by the political community as meriting public attention and governmental action.
Public agenda
4) The blogosphere is the collection of blogs often linked to one another within communities of conversation
about politics and political issues.
Blogosphere politics
5) An inclination or a preference that interferes with impartial judgment.
Bias
6) The presentation of an issue by the media, which influences how audiences understand it.
Framing
7) The process by which the media suggest the importance of an issue.
Priming
8) Making negative assumptions about a person or class of persons based on racial characteristics.
Racial Profiling
9) A term for sensationalistic, irresponsible journalism. Reputedly, the term is an allusion to the cartoon “The
Yellow Kid” in the old
New York World
, a newspaper especially noted for its sensationalism.
Yellow journalism
10) The tendency for individuals to pay attention only to information that reinforces their held beliefs.
Selective Attention
Multiple choice: 3 points each
11) Forms of communication, including radio and television, that have a broad reach to many people are known
as which of the following?
a. Mass Media
b. Journalism
c. Popular Press
d. Media
12)
Which of the following is not usually considered to be a part of the media?
a. Newspapers
b. Television
c. Personal correspondence
d. Radio
13) The first televised presidential debate was between which of the following?
a. Eisenhower & Stevenson in 1956
b. Kennedy & Nixon in 1960
c. Johnson & Goldwater in 1964
d. Nixon and Humphrey in 1968
14) George Washington felt it was important to keep some governmental matters secret and as a result, news
should be censored to keep these matters out of the public eye. This is an example of which of the following?
a. A Free Press
b. Gerrymandering
c. Managed news
d. Yellow Journalism
15) Social media was originally confined to personal messages and relationships. However, it has evolved to
become an important and effective tool for what?
a. Facilitating political mobilization.
b. Generating sober and reasoned debate
c. Protecting against the tyranny of the masses.
d. Verifying truthful information.
16) Which of the following media structures underscores the prominence of the president as a source of news?
a. The blogosphere
b. White House press corps
c. Social Media
d. Network Television
17) Throughout the history of the media, how have most politicians typically responded to advancements in
media delivery technology?
a. Politicians have quickly embraced new media technologies.
b. Politicians have actively shunned new media technologies.
c. Politicians have quickly moved to regulate new media technologies.
d. Politicians have been slow to understand the significance of new media technologies
18) Which of the following amendments to the Constitution protects the freedom of the press?
a. First Amendment
b. Second Amendment
c. Fourth Amendment
d. Fifth Amendment
19) When the media regularly focus public attention on violent crime, political corruption, or economic woes,
they are engaged in which of the following?
a. Biased Reporting
b. Agenda Setting
c. Political Socialization
d. Changing Public Opinion
20) Framing is best defined as an influence on which of the following?
a. Public opinion from a story that covers one candidate or policy favorably with out providing similar
coverage of the other side
b. Government policy because of positive or negative coverage of an issue
c. Public opinion because of the way a story is presented or covered, including the details and context
offered in the report
d. Government activities because of media coverage of an issue
21) Priming can be defined as a way in which the media does which of the following?
a. Limits access to opinionated information
b. Sets the public agenda of what government ought to do.
c. Seeks to make a profit.
d. Alter the public perceptions of an issue by embedding that issue in particular stories.
22) Lisa watched a news report on recycling and was proud that citizens had stepped up to be more conscious of
what they throw away. Jeremy heard a similar news report on the radio that was presented from a different
perspective. Jeremy was frustrated because it showed that companies were still putting products in
nonrecyclable containers. These two responses to similar information demonstrate the effect of which of the
following?
a. Framing
b. Socializing
c. Priming
d. Sourcing
23)
The most important aspect of debates for modern political candidates is taking advantage of an opportunity
to do which of the following?
a. Attack the view of their opponent on the issues.
b. Use the power of television to improve their image.
c. Present their own views on the issues.
d. Show the electorate that he or she is eloquent and articulate.
24) Spin refers to which of the following?
a. Misleading information in the tabloid press
b. An interpretation of campaign events that is most favorable to the candidate.
c. The rotation of political commentators on public access channels
d. The calculations made by the media after the closing of polls on the East Coast.
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25) How does a political candidate access “earned” media?
a. The candidate agrees to debate another candidate who is running for the same office.
b. The Candidate buys airtime on a network television station.
c. The candidate receives coverage without paying for advertising after saying something the media
thinks should be reported.
d. The candidate is considered the front runner, so the media decides to give that candidate the most
coverage.
True or False: 2 points each
26) The 1996 Telecommunications Act prohibited telephone companies from entering the cable business.
a. True
b. False
27) While most of the mass media in the United States is privately owned, they operate free of government
regulations.
a. True
b. False
28) Relaxing the rules of governing media ownership was the focus of the Telecommunications Act of 1996?
a. True
b. False
29) The government established the FCC to distribute and regulate the radio, television, and wireless
frequencies.
a. True
b. False
30) Net neutrality is the Internet's version of free press?
a. True
b. False