Chapter 7

Question 0

Explain correlation between media and trust in government

Answer 0

Trust in government decreased,

know more, trust less

Question 1

Define the mass media in examples

Answer 1

Newspaper, TV, internet - get out info to biggest audience

Question 2

Examples of media events

Answer 2

Planned/staged events

Paul Ryan taking pictures of helping in soul kitchen but didn’t really help

Question 3

Explain impact of media on democracy

Answer 3

More info than ever before but less interest-not interested in complex issues

Question 4

Explain who best uses the media to set policy agenda

Answer 4

President

To present problems government officials are paying most attention to

Question 5

Explain how government regulates the media

Answer 5

Federal Communications Commission-independent regulatory agency

Question 6

Explain the main focus during a presidential campaign

Answer 6

Personality over issues

Question 7

Explain whom the media targets

Answer 7

Largest audiences (more $)

Question 8

Explain impact of the media on public opinion

Answer 8

People pay attention to media coverage that is consistent to their beliefs

Question 9

Describe the nature of political advertisements during a presidential campaign

Answer 9

More sounds bites (short bits of policy info)

Question 10

Trial balloon

Answer 10

Intentional leaks of info to test public opinion

Question 11

What is policy agenda and who sets it

Answer 11

Most important issues government and politicians focus on

generally media influences public opinion that government addresses

Question 12

What branch of government receives the most media coverage on TV

Answer 12

Executive branch-presidents specifically

Question 13

What caused elections campaigns to escalate in cost

Answer 13

TV - GOTV(get on tv)

Question 14

Is there journalistic bias and if so what is its source

Answer 14

Reformist (change and make things better)

produce largest audience ratings

Question 15

Narrow casting and broadcasting

Answer 15

Internet and cable

Question 16

24 hour news channels

Answer 16

Radio, tv

Question 17

Targeting

Answer 17

Tailor stations to specific audiences

Question 18

What’s been the impact on the internet on politics

Answer 18

Obviously more access to information

Question 19

What best describes newspaper coverage during the era of yellow journalism

Answer 19

More news (twice and day newspaper in Lincoln)

Question 20

Explain what changes took place with the advent of cable TV

Answer 20

24/7 coverage

Question 21

When and why did the trend toward negative and cynical news coverage

Answer 21

Vietnam, loss of confidence in government

Question 22

What has been the result of TVs coverage of the individual

Answer 22

Focus on personality (Hilary Clinton-woman)

Question 23

How did the media effect Franklin Roosevelt

Answer 23

RADIO
Fireside chats (appealed personally to people)

Question 24

How did media effect Richard Nixon

Answer 24

Checkers speech (personal appeal to people about campaign contributions) Kennedy and him were involved in 1st televised president debate Nixon did not look good in debate Watergate led to people being skeptical of government

Question 25

How did the media effect John F Kennedy

Answer 25

Won first televised president debate

Question 26

How did the media effect Lyndon Johnson

Answer 26

Vietnam | Loss of money in government leading to protest

Question 27

How did the media effect Ronald Reagan

Answer 27

Media savy | Always wanted to be in control

Question 28

High tech politics

Answer 28

Politics in which the behavior of citizens and policy makers and the political agenda itself are increasingly shaped by technology

Question 29

Mass media

Answer 29

TV, magazines, newspapers, radio, internet etc

Question 30

Press conferences

Answer 30

Meetings of public officials with reporters

Question 31

GOTVs two meanings

Answer 31

Get on TV | Get out the vote

Question 32

Investigative journalism

Answer 32

Use of in depth reporting to dig up scandals, scams and schemes and sometimes reporters have relationships with political leaders

Question 33

Print media

Answer 33

Newspapers and magazines

Question 34

Electronic media

Answer 34

Radio, tv and Internet

Question 35

Selective exposure

Answer 35

Process by which people concisely choose to get news from information sources that have similar viewpoints

Question 36

Chains

Answer 36

Groups of newspapers published by media people and is 4/5 of today's daily newspapers

Question 37

Beats

Answer 37

Specific locations from which news frequently comes from such as Congress or the White House

Question 38

Talking head

Answer 38

Shot of person talking straight into the camera

Question 39

Policy agenda

Answer 39

Issues that attract serious attention of public officials and everyone else

Question 40

Policy entrepreneurs

Answer 40

People who invest their money in an issue

Question 41

Trial balloons (deeper definition)

Answer 41

Intentional news leaks for the purpose of assessing the political reaction

Question 42

Sound bites

Answer 42

10 second videos with information