VOCABULARY/KEY TERMS
This vocab. key term refers to the type of person who goes out in the field to find a story to then create the story.
JOURNALIST
This type of media is the oldest form of media in our democracy and world.
WHAT IS PRINT MEDIA?
This type of news network tends to offer 24/7 news coverage of the most diverse news in our world.
WHAT IS CNN?
WHAT IS CONSERVATIVE/REPUBLICAN MEDIA?
This is the name of the organization from the government that regulates the media.
WHAT IS THE FCC / FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION?
According the latest data, this is the highest political new network today.
WHAT IS FOX NEWS?
This is a vocab. key term that means when media acts as a careful eye over people in politics and government to hold them accountable.
WATCHDOG
This type of media uses exaggerated stories, fonts, images to entice readers.
WHAT IS SENSATIONALISM?
This type of news network is most likely to cover President Donald Trump most negatively?
WHAT IS MSNBC?
A source like Buzzfeed, tends to be what type of political leaning soruce?
This is the law that was put in place that requires even amounts of viewpoints in airtime for commercials aired during primetime hours.
WHAT IS THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE?
This is a term that current President Donald Trump popularized with any source of media that reports stories not to his liking.
WHAT IS "FAKE NEWS"?
This vocab./key term refers to the type of journalistic work that is cynical, sarcastic and humorous.
WHAT IS SATIRE?
This type of media is meant to inform people about an issue by exploiting and making visible the wrong-doings of a person or organization.
WHAT IS AN EXPOSE?
This type of news network is likely to focus on the bad aspects of the Democrats and their policies in politics.
WHAT IS FOX NEWS?
Name AT LEAST ONE, of the few moderate sources we identified in class.
BBC, NPR, TIME, PBS, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AP - ASSOCIATED PRESS
These three things are the three things that the government regulates very closely in the media.
WHAT IS OBSCENITY, PROFANITY, INDECENCY?
This is the name of the first president to have television campaign commercial advertisements.
WHO IS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER?
This is a vocab./key term that refers to when the media portrays certain people/sides as winners and losers.
WHAT IS A SCOREKEEPER?
Of the three branches of the U.S. government, which one is traditionally viewed most negatively by the media and people? The most positively?
WHO IS THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH?
WHO IS THE JUDICIAL BRANCH?
This type of news network is likely to cover natural disasters the most heavily?
WHAT IS CNN?
The average American teenager is exposed to this many propaganda or commercial advertisments a day?
WHAT IS 3,000 COMMERCIALS/ADVERTISMENTS?
This President signed the Telecommunications Act back when the internet was brand new.
WHO IS BILL CLINTON?
These three people are the top three most popular anchors on CNN. Name at least ONE of the three.
WHO IS ANDERSON COOPER, WOLF BLITZER, DON LEMON?
Name the three different types of media that exist today in our democracy.
WHAT IS BROADCAST MEDIA, PRINT MEDIA AND INTERNET MEDIA?
There are six different forms of bias that exist. Name at least five out of six.
WHAT IS BIAS BY OMISSION, SPIN, LABELING, PLACEMENT, STORY SELECTION, SOURCE SELECTION
This type of news network is likely to cover major planned political traditional events like the State of the Union?
TRICK QUESTION - ALL NETWORKS! CNN, FOX, MSNBC!
There are seven different techniques of propaganda. What are they?
WHAT IS TESTIMONIAL, BANDWAGON, NAME CALLING, GLITTERING GENERALITIES, CARD-STACKING, PLAIN FOLKS AND TRANSFER?
This 1980s rock band sued Napster for allowing citizens to illegally buy their music?
WHAT IS METALLICA?
These three people are the top three most popular anchors on FOX. Name at least ONE of the three.
WHO IS SEAN HANNITY, TUKCER CARLSON, GREG GUTFIELD