THE MEDIA VOCABULARY
The media keeps watch on the government and others in power.
What is the watchdog?
Written and published media usually with the intent to mislead in order to damage an agency, entity, or person, and/or gain financially or politically.
What is fake news?
The political position most Americans identify with.
What is a moderate?
The kind of ruler were the Founding Fathers afraid of having in their country again.
What is a king/monarch/monarchy?
A media role that tracks and reports on the performance and political standing of individuals and elections.
What is a scorekeeper?
This form of media on the internet has made information and news easier to spread.
What is social media?
When both political parties work together to solve the nation's issues.
What is bi-partisanship?
This event sparked the need to replace the Articles of Confederation and to create the Constitution.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
The role of the media to impact the public's attention on specific issues.
What is an agenda setter?
A conservative media channel hosts Republican politicians to criticize the Democratic Party.
What is an example of bias?
A series of elections to choose a party's candidate.
What are the primary elections?
The body of government that conduct the an impeachment trial against the President.
What is the Senate?
A defamatory or false statement that is oral.
What is slander?
The concentration of media ownership, where a few large companies control the majority of media outlets
What is media consolidation?
Florida and Nevada are examples of this political term.
What are swing states?
The amount of states needed to amend the Constitution.
What is 3/4?
A published or written false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.
What is libel?
The person responsible for paying attention to the media and to express your political concerns. (There can be multiple answers)
Me
Everybody
What is the people?
What are citizens?
What is the purpose of your Government Meetings Project?
To understand how citizens voice their opinions on local issues.
A provision in Article IV, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution that requires states to respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings" of every other state.
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?