Definitions

History and The Media

TV News

Old Media

100

This type of journalism was based on sensationalism and crude exaggeration.

Yellow Journalism

100

This President was the most media-present President in history.

Donald Trump

100

CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX are all this type of television news.

Network

100

This type of media and television brought government and politics into people's homes during the Vietnam War.

Radio

200

This newspaper sold for a penny in the 1830's.

Penny Press

200

The presidential debate between Nixon and this president was the first ever publicly televised debate.

Kennedy

200

This popular show, airing once a week, and the Daily Show are both considered Comedy News.

Saturday Night Live

200

There were only this many television networks in the 1960's.

Three

300

This is how journalists criticize and expose corruption in government and industry.

Muckraking

300

This president would have won the presidency in 1960 if it wasn't for his nervous demeanor when he appeared on television.

Nixon

300

This is a big issue commonly seen in media today.

News Bias
300

This government organization, founded by Congress in 1934 to regulate communications like radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable, allows the government to have control over ownership of major media stations.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

400

This was the requirement that stations holding broadcast licenses must present controversial issues of public importance and do so in a manner that was honest, fair, and balanced.

Fairness Doctrine

400

This president was the first politician to see the value of the radio and held fireside chats to address the nation weekly.

FDR

400

C-SPAN, CNBC, and MSNBC are all this type of television news.

Cable

400

In pre-revolutionary times, newspaper owners used this power to arouse public opinion.

Power of the Pen

500

This is the practice of aiming media content at specific segments of the public.

Narrowcasting

500

This war, known as "The Newspaper War" was a major effect of yellow journalism.

Spanish American War

500

This is the source that we get the majority of our news from.

Local TV News

500

Television began to make a mark on America in this decade.

1940's

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