Evolution of Media
First widespread media dating back to the American colonies
What is Newspapers?
The job of the media in which it connects citizens with the government.
What is to be a linkage institution?
Where 86% of the adult US population says they get their news from. It has increased the accessibility of information and news, while remaining portable and available anywhere. (Pew Research Center)
What is transportable tech (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.)
Media that reports with a distinct bias towards a certain person, ideology, political party, etc.
What is partisan media?
First presidential candite (and later president) of a major party to use social networking sites, ushering in a new era of media use (Stanford GSB)
Who is Barack Obama?
Media that gave citizens a closer look into the inner workings of the government, seen through FDR's famous fireside chats
What is the home radio?
Media job in which the outlets control what is reported on, which often influences public opinion, and eventually public policy.
What being a gatekeeper or gatekeeping?
77% of adults in US believe that the news they consume leans one way or another politically. These people would classify the media as (Pew Research Cener)
What is biased media?
Six companies that own the majority of news broadcasted in the US, influencing the wide majority of the American public and their political views (WebFX)
What is Comcast, Disney, National Amusements, News Corp, TimeWarner, and Sony.
President who is credited with launching "the Age of Publicity," which set a precedent for presidents and government officials to disclose goals and promote themselves in media (UVA Miller Center)
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Technology that brought the show of politics right into ones own home, making politics more of a physical spectacle as seen through the 1960's election
What is television?
Reporting, polling, and making the public aware of candidates stance in polls, this can influence public opinion with the band wagon effect.
What is being a scorekeeper or scorekeeping?
Influencing and informing 55% of US adults, the majority of them getting news from Tiktok, this media has expanded in the last few decades and heavily changed and influenced the political sphere (PRC)
What is social media?
50% of Americans believe that the media is growing in their ability to do this --, which some would argue is its job. (PRC)
What is individual/political influence?
President who was the first to consistently use television, without editing or delay, to hold regular press conferences to speak to citizens
Who is JFK <3?
(JFK Presidential Library and Museum)
Media that aided in propping up the decisive political atmosphere that many shows lean into today
What is the rise of cable television?
Job of the media in which it exposes corruption both in corporations and government. Examples of this include the exposure of Watergate, and the Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal.
What is being a watch dog?
Peaking in the 80's at 62.82 million Americans consuming the media, it has since dropped to a simple 24 million of average consumers and continues to be an unpopular news source (Statistica)
What are newspapers?
Most media leans politically in this direction, however, news sources like Fox News do not fit into this idea.
What is liberal/left leaning?
First president to film a campaign commercial, using new technology to inform voters on his political platform, an idea that would become common in the future (History)
Who is William McKinley?
Media that gave way to social media making it feel freer, yet the majority of social media is owned by three major brands
What is the internet?
Another word for investigative journalism, that illustrates the ills of government, society, etc. through the media. Shown often through articles or books like Sinclair's "The Jungle".
What is muckraking or being a muckraker?
What is CBS, NBC, and ABC?
Most liberals and conservatives cite that they consume media that ----, creating an echo chamber of thoughts and causing people to double down on extreme opinions (PRC)
What is align with existing political views?
President who held the first press conference integrating the American public into the intricacies of political policies through the media (White House Historical Association)
Who is Woodrow Wilson?