PLSC CHP.6 FINAL QUIZ EXAM FOR 2023/2024
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______ is news reported with no evaluative language - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Objective
journalism
________ is the process of bringing public attention to specific issues by providing
extensive coverage of those issues and ignoring other issues. - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Agenda
setting
Critics of the media election coverage complain that it does not pay enough attention to
the _________ - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..policy positions of the candidates
Democratic societies, such as the United States, assume that __________ -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..government officials should be subject to the scrutiny and review of the
media
Given current standards of popular reporting, which of the following would be the least
newsworthy, meaning which is likely to get the least media coverage?
A) substantive policy issues
B) drama and human interest
C) celebrity news
D) novelty stories - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..ANSWER: A
How can agenda setting affect public policy? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The public tends to
evaluate political leaders based on the items emphasized by the media
How did the media influence the American public's feelings regarding the Vietnam War?
- ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Graphic images of the war turned American sentiment against the war
In the age of the Internet, which media has the central role of gathering and reporting
serious political and governmental news? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..the mainstream media
News media in the United States are dominated by ________ -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..corporate ownership
One reason mainstream news organizations remain the most important institutions in
setting the agenda of American politics is that _________ - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..many of the
alternative sources on the Internet reach only small and fragmented audiences
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