Gov Test 8 – Flashcards
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Political elites in America are substantially influenced by ____________, and therefore they play an important role in American politics.
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newspapers
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The release of confidential government documents by ____________showed the world that the American government and press sometimes concealed news.
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WikiLeaks
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Websites such as Google News and the Huffington Post are called ____________ because they primarily synthesize news coverage from a variety of sources.
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news aggregators
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The media have become
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more diverse.
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________________ was the communications tool of choice for the organization of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in 2011.
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Twitter
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Which of the following is not a benefit of online news?
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trustworthiness and vetting of content
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_________________ has further accelerated the importance of digital politics by being able to alert readers to breaking news before the mainstream media do.
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Twitter
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As traditional news organizations have cut budgets, especially for investigative journalism, political information is increasingly emanating from
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universities and nonprofit organizations.
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_______________, by representing a wider range of political views than traditional news sources, have created a more democratic press.
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Online media
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The primary news source for most Americans today is
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television.
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News reported and distributed by citizens, rather than by professional journalists and for-profit news organizations, is defined as
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citizen journalism.
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The power of the media to decide how the American people interpret political events and results is called
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framing.
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The media frenzy over the extramarital affairs of Bill Clinton, Herman Cain, and Newt Gingrich is evidence that
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the media's bias is more oriented to audience appeal than to ideology.
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_____________ refers to the power of the media to bring public attention to particular issues and problems.
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Agenda setting
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What happened to the adversarial relationship between the press and the government in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks?
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The media openly supported the Bush administration in the immediate aftermath of the attacks but later criticized President Bush's approach to Iraq.
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A _________ is the disclosure of confidential information to the news media.
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leak
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One of the negative consequences of media concentration may be a
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growing distrust of the press.
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Why did Howard Stern move to satellite radio?
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It isn't regulated by the FCC.
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In 1997, the Supreme Court ruled that the ________________ was an unconstitutional infringement of the right to freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment.
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Communications Decency Act
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The ____________ refers to a Federal Communications Commission's requirement for broadcasters who air programs on controversial issues to provide time for opposing views.
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equal time rule
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_________________ an institution essential to democratic government.
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Free media are
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Why do many news sources today tend to be more partisan than they used to be?
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There are so many news sources that not many can aim for a broad-based national audience.
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Even though newspapers are not the primary news source for most Americans, why could they still be considered important?
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They are still influential among the political elite.
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WikiLeaks published confidential government documents that showed that the ______________ government and press concealed news, including war crimes against civilians and the use of torture by American forces.
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American
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_______________________ are two popular news aggregators that serve a large number of readers by synthesizing coverage from a variety of sources.
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Google News and the Huffington Post
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____________ journalism caters to specialized interests of news consumers.
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Niche
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Both Facebook and Twitter have contributed to political mobilization and information sharing by creating ________________ where groups of like-minded individuals, or individuals with shared interests, can easily share information.
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virtual social networks
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The noted benefits of _______________ include a diversity of viewpoints, up to the moment information, and a depth of available information.
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online news
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Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have
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accelerated the importance of digital politics by alerting readers to breaking news before the mainstream media do.
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Universities, think tanks, nonprofit organizations, and private foundations are providing more political analyses and information as ____________________ have cut their budgets and resources.
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traditional news organizations
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Online media, by representing a wider range of political views than traditional news sources, have created a
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more democratic press
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It is estimated that more than ____________ of Americans have a television set.
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95 percent
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Citizen journalism is a distinguishing feature of ___________ more interactive and participatory.
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digital media, which are
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The Obama administration's labeling of its health care initiative Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, thus defining it as a matter of compassionate responsibility and good economic sense, is an example of
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framing
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The media have a bias in favor of
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whoever will provide the largest audience.
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If an idea lacks or loses media appeal, its chance of its resulting in new programs or policies is
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decreased.
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According to the textbook, the media's adversarial posture toward government may
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decrease levels of political participation.
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A classic example of a media leak is
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the "Pentagon Papers," published by the New York Times and the Washington Post.
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Which of the following is noted by the book's authors as a reason for the recent decline in the American public's trust of the press?
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media concentration.
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Howard Stern was fined millions of dollars by the FCC because of his
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use of obscenity and profanity on the air.
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The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was an attempt to do all of the following except
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tighten federal restrictions of media ownership.
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The FCC's fairness doctrine
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is no longer being enforced.
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____________ are the ultimate beneficiaries of free and active media.
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People
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When the delivery of news was dominated by only three networks and a handful of national papers, it tended to be _______________ than it is today.
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more moderate
