International Media & Misinformation
Name 2 of the five reasons that the U.S. focuses coverage on in international news
Economic Events
Wars/Conflict
Humanitarian Aid Situations
International Sports
Scientific Invention
True/False: The media is really good at covering judicial cases
False
A one sided bond where emotional energy is invested into a media figure that can lead to comfort and companionship or harmful obsessive behavior
Parasocial relationships
True or False: AI use in the news started in the last three to five years
False: AI has been used for over a decade
The president is the most covered individual in major media? (True/False)
True
Which countries tend to have more international coverage in the U.S.?
Large economic powerhouses/larger population nations/ Western nations
What is a candal?
Individual misconduct that the media publicizes as an events that must investigated and remedied.
Congress took this technology up quickly, but was time constrained and didn't let representatives control the message
Radio
Name 2 of the 4 phases of Automated Journalism
Content Development
Content Selection
Content Distribution
Content Production
A period right after the election in which media coverage of the president is largely positive
Honeymoon period.
We talked about five impacts of misinformation, name 3
Higher Polarization
Less cross-party interaction
Lower civic education
Lower Political Education
Increased Political Engagement
News organizations typically cover court cases that are of public importance, but sometimes they are forced to cover court cases because...
Public spectacle, they need to cover things that are big in the media since they are accountable to ratings (i.e., Casey Anthony or Johnny Depp)
These two technologies were viewed as fads by members of Congress until people starting losing elections to tech-savvy challengers.
Social media & Internet Campaign Websites
Name Two topics where people are generally okay with AI authors, and a topic where people prefer human authors
Sports and Economic News
Death, Politics, Human Empathy stories, etc.
News coverage of the president increases in two manners as their terms progresses, what are they?
Increases in polarized coverage
Increases in negativity
What is the best way to correct misinformation?
Make corrections as soon as possible, correct the misinformation more than once (ideally 3), (I will also accept that the correction comes from someone in the same party)
What are 2 reasons why news coverage of the judiciary is important?
It has real world impact, it informs people of the impact of cases to their situation
It can indirectly determine how severe sentencing is
It keeps the public informed about who they are electing to judiciary positions
How do news anchors and media personalities create parasocial relationships with their viewers?
Ritualized viewing creates trust
OR
Clever editing and monologues that make the audience feel as if they are being spoken to directly.
Do articles written by AI lower the credibility standards of news organizations (both when disclosed and when not disclosed)
People don't care when its disclosed, but when they are lied to they have backlash towards AI
Election coverage has changed in our lifetime, becoming especially polarized, name three ways in which we've seen changed to presidential election coverage.
More toxic debates
More attacks on the opposition
Larger use of social media
Less campaign speeches
Coverage of international events by _____ news organizations results in a negative view of third world countries, while coverage by _______ news creates a more positive attitude towards third world countries. Additionally this news creates (more/less/same) knowledge of international events?
local
national (or international)
Doesn't change knowledge
What is the cascading activiation mode?
People in organizations/government misbehave
The media then covers the scandal in a negative light
Public Opinion of the offender is shaped by media frames
What are the three types of congressional candidates outlined by Annelise Russell that use social media?
Policy Wonk, Constituent Servant, Partisan Warrior
How might AI news help overcome the hostile media bias?
Since people view AI as an objective and unbiased news source, it could lower feelings of polarization or distrust in news sources of the opposite party.
Scacco and Coe outline 3 parts of the Ubiquitous Presidency. Name them and describe two of the three
Accessible: President is appearing in multiple places, not just media
Pluralistic: President is appealing to different audiences rather than Americans as a whole
Personal: The president is appearing authentic and offering a look into their real life.