Ch 6 Terms Flashcards
the RANGE OF ACCURACY in a POLL.
margin of error
a FEDERAL LAW that REQUIRED RADIO AND BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS to DEVOTE EQUAL TIME to OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS. It was REPEALED IN 1987.
Fairness Doctrine
a FEDERAL AGENCY that REGULATES PUBLICLY BROADCASTED RADIO STATIONS.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
the ERA in which RADIO REACHED ITS PEAK IN POPULARITY, generally the 1930s to 1940s.
Golden Age of Radio
Traditional NEWSPAPER AND TELEVISION NEWS OUTLETS, DISCTINCT from OPINION OR COMMENTARY.
mainstream media
FORMS of DELIVERYING INSTANT COMMUNICATIONS in a DIGITIZED OR ELECTRONIC FORMAT.
new media
NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER MEDIA that REPORTED A SINGLE VIEWPOINT in an effort TO PERSUADE READERS.
partisan press
a MEAUSRE of the PUBLIC’S OPINION, INTENSITY, AND DIRECTION about GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS.
polling
A tactic intended to persuade respondents, disguised as a poll.
push polling
POLLS that TRACE PUBLIC OPINION OVER TIME.
tracking polls
margin of error
the RANGE OF ACCURACY in a POLL.
Fairness Doctrine
a FEDERAL LAW that REQUIRED RADIO AND BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS to DEVOTE EQUAL TIME to OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS. It was REPEALED IN 1987.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
a FEDERAL AGENCY that REGULATES PUBLICLY BROADCASTED RADIO STATIONS.
Golden Age of Radio
the ERA in which RADIO REACHED ITS PEAK IN POPULARITY, generally the 1930s to 1940s.
mainstream media
Traditional NEWSPAPER AND TELEVISION NEWS OUTLETS, DISCTINCT from OPINION OR COMMENTARY.
