American Federal Government Chapter 10
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The news provides a refracted version of reality because it
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emphasizes dramatic and compelling news stories.
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In comparison with today's newspapers, early American newspapers
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could not have survived without political party support.
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The yellow journalism of the late nineteenth century was characterized by
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the emphasis on sensationalism as a way of selling newspapers.
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Objective journalism is based on the idea that the reporter's job is to
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report the facts and cover alternative sides of a partisan debate.
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The FCC restriction requiring broadcasters to "afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views of public importance" was known as the
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Fairness Doctrine.
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Most successful Internet blogs
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have a liberal bias.
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The term "framing" is used to describe the
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process of selection certain aspects of reality and making them the most salient part of the communication, thereby conveying a particular interpretation of a situation.
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In contrast with European news media, American news media are more likely to
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act primarily as neutral transmitters of information
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In terms of news consumption, since the 1980s young adults
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have been less informed than older ones.
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The news media's common-carrier role is based on the idea that
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the press should provide a channel through which political leaders can communicate their views to the public.
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Which institution receives the most news coverage from the national press?
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the presidency
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The "long tail" is a phenomenon related to the
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rate of Internet news readership.
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During the era of objective journalism, the commitment of newspapers to two-sided news reporting
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did not extend to their editorializing.
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On-the-scene coverage of a natural disaster is an example of the press's role of
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signaler.
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Which of the following statements has been shown by scholarly research to be true?
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Network journalists tend to be negative.
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In the 1960s, presidential candidates
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had longer sound bites, on average, in broadcast television newscasts.
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The traditional media have "softened" their news by
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infusing it with more stories about celebrities, crime, and the like.
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______ once said, "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war".
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William Randolph Hearst
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Yellow journalism contributed to public support for the
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Spanish-American War.
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The Gazette of the United States was founded to promote the policies of President
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George Washington.
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CNN and MSNBC have responded to Fox's ratings success by
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installing talk-show hosts with partisan or hard-edged appeals.
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On both radio and television, most successful partisan talk shows
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have been hosted by conservatives.
