The media, in particular the print media, have been called this
What is the 4th branch of government?
100
Political parties ran this form of media in the 1800s
What are newspapers?
100
This particular newspaper broke the Watergate scandal
What is the Washington Post?
100
This president was nicknamed "The Great Communicator"
Who was Ronald Reagan?
100
Congress is made up of 435 of these
Who are representatives?
200
For over forty years, Americans have been getting their news primarily from this source
What is TV?
200
Objective journalism, which sounded the death knell of the partisan press, was dependent on what New York Times editor Whitelaw Reid termed this
What is independent journalism?
200
This individual is the owner of Myspace, TV Guide, Fox News and a ton of other stations, studios, magazines and newspapers
Who is Rupert Murdoch?
200
Fox News viewers tend tend to be of this political persuasion
What are conservatives?
200
Congress is made up of 100 of these
Who are senators?
300
This bans issue advocacy on TV or radios that mentions a candidate by name in the two months before a general election or one month before a primary election
What is the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BRCA)?
300
As the press media became more “objective” and less tied to political parties, candidates in the 1930s came to rely more on this medium
What is radio?
300
The FCC is an independent regulatory commission charged with licensing this industry
What are radio & TV?
300
Most Americans tend to identify with this self-described ideology?
Who are moderates?
300
This branch of government is LEAST dependent on the press
What is the judiciary?
400
This is a particularly important source of news on the radio and is funded by government subsidies and viewers like you
What is National Public Radio (NPR)?
400
This president was known for his “fireside chats”, which used radio as a powerful media tool
Who was FDR?
400
In 2004 more than 2/3 of U.S. citizens’ main source of campaign news came from this source
What is TV?
400
This is the term for calling public attention to certain issues the media are partaking in
What is agenda setting?
400
Bill O'Reilly is of this political persuasion
What is conservative?
500
This has the potential to fragment the influence of other media
What is the Internet?
500
The role media played in the Watergate scandal is an example of this kind of journalism
What is investigatory journalism?
500
15% of U.S. citizens’ main source of campaign news comes from this sources
What are newspapers?
500
Portraying the Iraq War as another Vietnam is an example of this
What is issue framing?
500
T / F: the family is often the most important factor in political socialization