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This man is most concentrated on by the media when it comes to politics
Who is the President?
100
They had become common to own in the 1930's
What are radios?
100
This affects people's opinions on political issues
What is media?
100
Consists of newspapers and magazines
What is print media?
100
Consists of the radio, television, and the internet
What is broadcast media?
200
This percent of reporters identify themselves as liberal
What is 44%?
200
The 50's and 60's were the rising years for this object
What is the television?
200
These do not make much of an impact in modern times since the advent of television and the internet
What are magazines and newspapers?
200
Words that imply a value judgement, used to persuade a reader without having made a serious argument
What is loaded language?
200
If a person is attacked on a broadcast, other than in a regular news program, that person has the right to reply over that same station
What is the right of reply rule?
300
By affecting public opinion media can control this
What is the political agenda?
300
First President to take politics into media
Who is FDR?
300
This percent of campaign spending is used for TV ads
What is 60%?
300
Activists in or out of government who pull together a political majority on behalf of unorganized interests
What are policy entrepreneurs?
300
A very short speech usually on the radio or television
What is a sound bite?
400
These reporters helped to uncover the Watergate Scandal
Who are Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward?
400
Printed in Philadelphia in 1784
What is the first daily newspaper in America?
400
Modern day news covers topics for this long before moving onto a different topic
What is 30 seconds?
400
Media programming on cable TV or the Internet that is focused on one topic and aimed at a particular audience
What is narrow-casting?
400
One who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)
What is a muckracker?
500
The scrutinizing aspect of the media causes politicians to act this way
What is well behaved and more efficient?
500
Lyndon B. Johnson had a TV set made with 3 screens in order to monitor these news stations
What are CBS, NBC, and ABC?
500
Today's live newscasts are used to create this
What is the image that the politician is building a relationship with tons of people instead of just a few?
500
Scrapped in 1987, this provided that the media air opposing opinions of the same issue
What is the Fairness Doctrine?
500
The tendency of the national media to be suspicious of officials and eager to reveal unflattering stories about them
What is adversarial press?