Important Terms
Structure of Media
Rules of Governing the Media
Government and News
100
A series, or log of discussion items on a page of the World Wide Web.
What is Blog
100
What type of media is newspapers, magazines, etc.
What is print media
100
Although newspapers and magazines are not regulated, whom is broadcasting regulated by?
What is the government
100
A public official's statement to a reporter given on condition that the official not to be named
What is background
200
A radio or video clip of someone speaking
What is a soundbite
200
What type of media is radio and TV?
What is Electronic media
200
An FCC rule that if a broadcaster sells time to one candidate, it must sell equal time to other candidates
What is equal time ruler
200
The first president to raise the systematic cultivation of the press to an art form
What is Theodore Roosevelt
300
The media can influence what subject become national political issues and for how long
What is Gatekeeper
300
What is the oldest structure of media
What is print media
300
Reporters believe that they should have the right to keep their sources confidential
What is confidentiality of sources
300
Many people do not like this type of journalism
What is adversarial press
400
The national media keep track of and help make political reputations
What is Scorekeeper
400
What type of media replaced newspapers and magazines
What is Internet
400
No one may operate the radio or television station withouta license from..
What is Federal Communications Commission
400
Who broke the Watergate story
What is Washington Post
500
Adversarial press the tendency of the national media to be suspicous of officials and weager to receal unflattering stories about them.
What is Adversarial press
500
Entertainment, News, Agenda setting, and Political forum are all functions of?
What is the media
500
News coverage that focuses on who is ahead rather than on the issues
What is Horse-race journalism