PSCI 1101 Midterm 2 TEST with Questions and answers
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Course
PSCI 1101
Institution
PSCI 1101
edia Conglomerates - Answer companies that control a large number of media
sources across several types of media outlets
News Cycle - Answer time between release of information and its publication such as
24hrs b/w issues of a daily newspaper
On Background/Off The Record - Answer comments a pol...
PSCI 1101 Midterm 2 TEST with Questions
and answers
Media Conglomerates - Answer companies that control a large number of media
sources across several types of media outlets
News Cycle - Answer time between release of information and its publication such as
24hrs b/w issues of a daily newspaper
On Background/Off The Record - Answer comments a politician makes to the press on
the condition that they can be reported only if they are not attributed to that politician
By-product Theory - Answer the idea that many Americans acquire political information
unintentionally rather than seeking it out
Media Effects - Answer the influence of media coverage on average citizens opinions
and actions
Filtering - Answer influence on public opinion that results from journalists and editors
decisions about which of many potential news stories to report
Slant - Answer imbalance in a story that covers one candidate or policy favorably w/o
providing similar coverage of the otherside
Priming - Answer influence on the publics general impressions caused by
positive/negative coverage of a candidate or issue
*changing considerations for decision making
*EX: Bush #1
,Framing - Answer influence on the public opinion caused by the way a story is
presented/covered, including details, explanations and context offered in the report
*organized theme in stories
*EX: KKK
Attack Journalism - Answer type of popular media coverage focused on political scandals
and controversies, which causes a negative public opinion of political figures
Horse Race - Answer description of the type of election coverage that focuses more on
poll results and speculation about a likely winner than on substansive differences b/w
candidates
Soft News - Answer media coverage that aims to entertain or shock, often through
sensationalized reporting or by focusing on a candidates or politicians personality
Hard News - Answer media coverage focused on facts and important news issues
surrounding a campaign
American Press - Answer Revolution: partisan - federalist papers (in fed newspapers)
Penny Press: 1830s, opened to population, affordable to print, advent of mass political
parties
, Yellow Journalism: late 1800s, tabloid like, William Randolph Hurst
Cross-Ownership - Answer one company owns several types of media outlets in the
same location
Leak - Answer release of classified/politically embarrassing information information by a
government employee to a member of the press
Shield Laws - Answer legislation (some states, not federal)
on background/off record
Motivated Reasoning with Media - Answer accept if we agree, but reject if it doesn't
align with our preferences
Party Organization - Answer specific political party's leader and workers at the national,
state and local levels
Party in Government - Answer the group of office holders who belong to a specific
political party and were elected as candidates of that party
Party in the Electorate - Answer group of citizens who identify with a specific political
party
Party System - Answer periods which the names of major political parties, their
supporters, and the issues dividing them have remained relatively stable
Party Principle - Answer the idea that a political party exists as an organization distinct
from its elected officials or party leaders
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