Category 1
Though these are cheaper, they have issues spreading their political message because they can be 'easily skipped.'
What are internet ads?
This is when false things are spread WITHOUT the intent to deceive people.
What is misinformation?
This is when false things are spread WITH the intent to deceive people.
What is disinformation?
Analysts believe that the internet will soon overtake this 'medium for news and politics' in the coming years.
What is TV?
They decide the punishment for a criminal that is found guilty by a jury of their peers (unlike Dr. Acevedo who was found 'not guilty' in his trial - heck yeah).
What is a judge?
What is their death or retirement?
All jury decisions in a trial must be ___________.
What is 'unanimous?'
This is when citizens are randomly selected from voter/DMV records to partake in the trial decision process.
What is jury duty?
The FCC upheld this when they required broadcasters to present issues in a balanced manner.
What was the Fairness Doctrine?
This is a term for someone who is adherently a supporter of a specific political party and its views and messages.
What is 'partisan?'
This was the first news channel created to broadcast partisan views after the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine.
What was the Fox News channel?
This is the function of the media that describes how they keep politicians and government officials 'in check.'
What is the watchdog function?
These are groups that can spend unlimited amounts of money supporting or attacking a political campaign.
What is a Super PAC?
What is the Senate?
This was a time period where most Americans were exposed to similar point-of-views in news broadcasting.
What was the information commons?
This invention enabled the quicker publication and mass circulation of newspapers.
What is the rotary printing press?
These are media outlets where people only hear/see what they like to believe.
What are echo chambers?
What are MSNBC and CNN?
This is the financial legal limit that individuals have when it comes to directly donating to a campaign
What is $2,900?
This is the financial legal limit that groups have when it comes to directly donating to a campaign.
What is $5,000
This is the term that refers to the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
These were the three TV networks during the early era of news broadcasting.
What were ABC, CBS, and NBC?
This is a type of news reporting that sensationalizes headlines as they look to make a profit.
What is yellow journalism?
This was the amount of money spent by Senate and House candidates in the general election of 2020.
What was $2 billion?
This is a term that refers to when social media applies algorithms to selectively filter content for each user’s preferences.
What is filter bubbles?
In this function of the media, they are responsible for reporting breaking news to citizens.
What is the signaling function?
Who was John Marshall?
This was the court case in which the principle of the Supreme Court's power was established due to the ruling of the Court.
What was Marbury v. Madison?
This is a term for the media choice system that we have today with TV, social media, the internet, newspapers, etc.
What is a 'high-choice media system?'
This president used the media to give citizens confidence on the radio during the Great Depression.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?