Unit 4: Chapter 10: The Media

Question 1

media

Answer 1

tools used to store and deliver info or data

Question 2

infortainment

Answer 2

a hybrid of the words info and entertainment; news shows that combine entertainment and news

Question 3

sound bites

Answer 3

short clip of speech

Question 4

framing

Answer 4

the process by which the media set a context that helps people to understand important events and matters of shared interest

Question 5

public agenda

Answer 5

the public issues that most demand the attention of govt officials

Question 6

priming

Answer 6

bringing certain policies on issues to the public agenda through media coverage

Question 7

letter to the editor

Answer 7

letter in which a reader responds to a story in a newspaper, knowing that the letter might be published in that paper

Question 8

horse race journalism

Answer 8

news coverage that focuses on who is ahead rather than on the issues

Question 9

libel

Answer 9

The publication of false or malicious statements that damage someone’s reputation.

Question 10

slander

Answer 10

The verbal expression of false or malicious statements that damage someone’s reputation.

Question 11

penny press

Answer 11

newspapers that sold for a penny in the 1830’s

Question 12

yellow journalism

Answer 12

irresponsible, sensationalist approach to news reporting, so named after the yellow ink used in the “yellow kid” cartoons in the New York World

Question 13

muckracking

Answer 13

criticism and exposes of corruption in govt and industry by journalists at the turn of the 20th century

Question 14

new media

Answer 14

cable television, the internet, blogs, and cellular and satellite technology

Question 15

fireside chats

Answer 15

pres roosevelt’s radio addresses to the country

Question 16

talk radio

Answer 16

a format feat. conversations and interviews about topics of interest, along with call-ins from listeners

Question 17

fairness doctorine

Answer 17

req. that stations provide equal time to all parties regarding important public issues and equal access to airtime to all candidates for public office

Question 18

narrowcasting

Answer 18

the practice of aiming media content at specific segments of the public

Question 19

media segmentation

Answer 19

the breaking down of the media according to the specific audiences they target

Question 20

telegenic

Answer 20

the quality of looking good on tv

Question 21

convergence

Answer 21

the merging of various forms of media, includ. newspapers, television stations, radio networks, and blogs, under one corporate roof and one set of business and editorial leaders

Question 22

consolidation

Answer 22

the phenomenon of large corporations buying smaller ones so that there are fewer and fewer companies products available

Question 23

porpaganda

Answer 23

the spreading of ideas, information or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an instititution, cause or person

Question 24

shield laws

Answer 24

Laws created to protect news reporters from being forced to testify in courts or disclose confidential information.

Question 25

watchdog, scorekeeper, gatekeeper

Answer 25

• The watchdog exposes scandals and supplies the public with information that could influence them.
• The media shows gatekeeper by informing the public of an issue that most likely wouldn’t have been established in the United States.
• The article is showing the outcome of the electoral process in each state election. The media defines scorekeeper as being the resource that people use to find out who won an election.

Question 26

how does the media link people to govt?

Answer 26

• informs the people
• emphasizes what should be dealt with
• shows what should be important

Question 27

What is media’s various functions in politics?

Answer 27

• provides info to people
• interpreting matters of public interest
• setting public agenda
• providing a forum for convo about politics
• socializing children to political culture

Question 28

How have newspapers changed?

Answer 28

newspapers are less common now as the main source of politics
*more advertising in newspapers

Question 29

What do political parties do?

Answer 29

(i) They contest in election.
(ii) They put forward different policies and programs.
(iii) They make laws for a country.
(iv) They form and run the govt.
(v) They form the role of opposition party.

(vi)They shape public opinion.

Question 30

What are the diff propaganda strategies?

Answer 30

• bandwagon
• testimonial
• plain folk
• transfer
• fear
• glittering generalities
• logical fallacy
• name calling
• humor