Media Types
What type of media includes newspapers and magazines?
Print media
What is it called when the media chooses which issues to highlight for the public?
Agenda setting
What are organizations and people who generate publicly valuable information and manage the distribution networks through which this information flows?
Media
What is it called when only a few corporations control most media outlets?
Media concentration or consolidation
What type of media includes TV and radio?
Broadcast media
What is the term for the influence the media has over how an event is interpreted?
Framing
What is the disclosure of confidential information to the news media?
News Leak
What concern arises when a few companies control most of the news?
There may be fewer diverse viewpoints
What type of media is delivered through websites, apps, and social platforms?
Digital or online media
What major event led President Nixon to resign after media investigation?
The Watergate scandal
What is a piece written by an advocate and distributed to the media in hopes of journalists publishing it under their own bylines?
Press Release
What government agency regulates communications like TV, radio, and the internet?
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
How many hours does a typical American spend on media?
11!
What movement gained national support after media showed violence against protestors?
The Civil Rights Movement
What are reporters of an event called when they are at the event?
Citizen Journalism
What type of government system depends on free and active media to keep citizens informed?
Democracy