Finals: Chapters 8+9

Question 1

Fourth Estate

Answer 1

-media is referred to as this
-helps maintain democracy and keeps gov. accountable

Question 2

Media audiences info

Answer 2

age influences the choice of news sources
Millennials + Gen X get news from social media
Baby booers get news from television

Question 3

Fireside chats

Answer 3

Franklin D. Roosevelt
- brought ordinary Americans into the presidents world; broadcast

Question 4

New media trends

Answer 4

Expansion of cable + internet allow for more information to be released
- Social media affects presidential campaigns

Question 5

Soft news Ex. Daily Show, Last Week Tonight

Answer 5

presents content in ways that is entertaining and approachable for younger generations, attracts younger to news

Question 6

Framing

Answer 6

creation of narrative or context for a news story

Question 7

Episodic framing

Answer 7

occurs when a story is focused on isolated details, instead of the whole issue

Question 8

Thematic framing

Answer 8

takes a broad look at the issue and skips a number of details

Question 9

Racial framing

Answer 9

occurs when a person or group is represented in a negative or assumptive light

Question 10

Priming

Answer 10

when media coverage predisposes viewer to particular perspective

Question 11

FCC function

Answer 11

enforces limits to avoid monopolies and censors material deemed inappropriate

Question 12

Equal time rule

Answer 12

states that registered candidates running for office must be given equal opportunities for airtime and advertisements beginning 45 days before primary and 60 days before general elections

Question 13

Slander

Answer 13

speaking false information with an intent to harm a person or entity

Question 14

Libel

Answer 14

printing false information with an intent to harm a person or entity

Question 15

Political parties

Answer 15

groups of people with similar interests who work together to create and implement policies

Question 16

Plurality voting

Answer 16

based on principle that individual candidate with the most votes wins whether they gain the majority of the votes cast or not

Question 17

Proportional representation

Answer 17

parties announce who is on a candidate list and voters pick a party. Seats are awarded to parties based on proportion of support each recieves

Question 18

Forces that limit the number of parties (5)

Answer 18

plurality voting, Electoral College, demobilized ethnicity, campaign/election laws, relative prosperity and unity of US

Question 19

Party organization

Answer 19

formal structure of a political party; active members are required to coordinate party behavior and support candidates

Question 20

Divided government

Answer 20

makes fulfilling campaign promises difficult because cooperation of Congress and president is not cohesive

Question 21

Party polarization

Answer 21

describes the increasing dissimilarities between Republicans and Democrats organizationally and governmentally

Question 22

Third-Party Barriers