Types of Media
Effects on the Public
Court Cases
Media Bias
Vocab
100

Newspapers and magazines are examples of

What is print media?

100

Communication, knowledge, research, reach young people and provide quick access to extra political information.

what is the role of the internet?

100

The Supreme Court had to determine if the Minnesota law restricted freedom of the press. The Court ruled that the law kept certain information from being published - a concept called prior restraint -- and violated the First Amendment.

What is Near v. Minnesota?

100

the bias or perceived bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media in the selection of events and stories that are reported and how they are covered.



What is media bias?

100

Journalist's debunk public officials and their policy proposals. 

What is watchdog?

200

Television and radio are examples of 

What is broadcast media?

200

Entertainment, news reports, agenda setting and creation of political forums.

What are the four functions of media?

200

In a 5-3 decision, the Court held that schools must be able to set high standards for speech disseminated under their supervision, and that schools had the right to refuse to support speech that was "inconsistent with the shared valued of civilized social order." The Court said the educators didn't offend the students' First Amendment rights, as long as their actions were "reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns."

What is Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier ?



200

It brings attention to certain issues that the television station deems most important.

What is TV's impact on gov?

200

Style of reporting that focused on violence, corruption, wars and gossip- ushered in by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst

What is yellow journalism?

300

A model of news reporting that is based on the communication of "facts" rather than opinions and that is "fair" in that it presents all sides of partisan debate

What is objective journalism? 

300

Compressing speech into sound bites, best coverage possible, negative ads create cynicism. 

What is the impact the media has on politics?

300

The Court held that the First Amendment protects the publication of all statements -- even those later proven false -- about the conduct of public officials unless they're made with actual malice, or knowledge that they're false or reckless.

What is the New York Times v. Sullivan?

300

It brings attention to certain issues that the websites deem most important.

What is the internet's affect on politics?

300

Paying attention only to those news stories with which one already agrees.


what is selective attention?

400

journalism that makes no claim of objectivity. Although distinguished from advocacy journalism in several ways, both forms feature a subjective viewpoint, usually with some social or political purpose. Common examples include newspaper columns, editorials, editorial cartoons, and punditry.

What is opinion journalism?

400

a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement.

What is Watergate?

400

This case is extremely important to journalists, as the court recognized the need to find a balance between the right to a free press and the need for the government to protect national security.

What is the New York Times Co. v. The United States?

400

The media may cover one party over another or express those views. 

What is media favoring one party over another?

400

An FCC rule that if a broadcaster sells time to one candidate, it must sell equal time to other candidates.
 

what is the equal time rule?

500

political journalism of elections that resembles coverage of horse races because of the focus on polling data, public perception instead of candidate policy, and almost exclusive reporting on candidate differences rather than similarities.

What is horse race journalism? 
500

Put other candidates in a negative light.

What is the role of advertising? 

500

SCOTUS determined that if words are used of such a nature as to create "a clear and present danger" that Congress DOES have the right to change/create laws to prevent it.

What is Schenck v United States?

500

Showing people what they want to see. 

What is TV executive bias? 

500

wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes.


what is loaded language?