Textbook: Chapter 14- The Media

Question 0

Print Media

Answer 0

Newspapers and magazines

Influence broadcast medias agendas

Question 1

Broadcast media

Answer 1

Radio and television

Among the most prevalent and powerful sources of news in America

Question 2

The Internet

Answer 2

Combines the frequent updates of broadcast news with the depth of print media

Question 3

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Answer 3

Licenses media and regulates content and industry competition

Question 4

Equal Time Rule

Answer 4

Candidates have equal time to communicate their messages to the public

Question 5

Right of Rebuttal

Answer 5

Individuals must be given the opportunity to respond to personal attacks

Question 6

Fairness Doctrine

Answer 6

Broadcasts of controversial issues must provide air time for opposing views

Not enforced since 1985

Question 7

Prior Restraint

Answer 7

Government blocking content that it seems to be harmful or libelous

Not in US

Question 8

Two shifts in journalism that are eroding professional standards of objectivity

Answer 8

Line blurring between editorializing and reporting

Citizen journalism