The press responsible for gathering and publishing newspapers, magazines, and journals.
What is print media?
100
During the 2012 elections, people were always kept up to date about the candidates because of this type of print media.
What is scorekeeping
100
A committed member of a political party.
What is a partisan?
100
This pamphlet, written by a famous political activist and revolutionary during the height of the American revolution inspired more people to fight for American independence.
What is "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine
100
Publick Occurances Both Forreign and Domestick was America's first what?
What is newspaper?
200
"FCC" stands for this agency of the US government.
What is Federal Communications Commission?
200
A certain news agency chose to report on the Syrian civil war rather than a robbery that took place. This is so that there is more public attention on Syria. This type of print media is called:
What is gatekeeping?
200
An American newspaper publisher who built the nation's largest newspaper chain, The New York Morning Journal.
What is William Randolph Hearst?
200
What was the first "press-driven" war?
What is Spanish-American War?
200
This act allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government
What is Freedom of Information Act?
300
This form of media exposes scandals and supplies the public with information that could influence them.
What is watchdog?
300
During the 2011 England riots, several news sites opened up that would have new information about events that unfolded all over England and was updated hourly to keep people up to date. This type of print media is called:
What is scorekeeping?
300
Investigative journalists that would search out for and expose scandalous information about famous people.
What is muckrakers?
300
Upton Sinclair's book, "The Jungle" lead to the passage of this law.
What is Pure Food and Drug Act?
300
A type of journalism that presents no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye catching headlines in order to sell more newspapers.
What is Yellow Journalism?
400
This type of media keeps its audience up to date on certain topics, such as campaigns and elections.
What is scorekeeping?
400
The government of the United States was under a lot of fire when the Pentagon Papers were leaked. This was because of this type of print media.
What is watchdog
400
This muckraker would undermine and expose John D. Rockefeller's monopolization of the oil trade.
What is Ida Tarbell
400
This person was the editor for the the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, which would publish influential anti-slavery comments until slavery was abolished on December 6, 1865.
What is William Lloyd Garrison?
400
Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle" exposes the practices of what American industry?
What is meatpacking industry?
500
This is when news companies decide which stories should get emphasized, which leads to more public attention
What is gatekeeping
500
The situation at Teapot Dome during the 1920s received large media attention because of this type of print media.
What is watchdog
500
This publisher, along with his competitor, William Randolph Hurst, started up the anti-Spanish sentiments in America that would eventually erupt into the Spanish-American War.
What is Joseph Pulitzer?
500
This New York investigator exposed the corruption of the municipal government in American cities.
What is Lincoln Steffens?
500
Father of social psychology Kurt Lewin was the first one to come up with this term for a type of print media