When the media regularly focus public attention on violent crime, political corruption, or economic woes, they are engaged in
A) biased reporting.
B) political socialization.
C) agenda setting.
D) changing public opinion.
E) apathy management.
Research on the impact of soft news finds all of the following EXCEPT
A) it can improve people's levels of political knowledge.
B) it helps citizens identify which politician best matches their own political preferences.
C) it can lead people to be more cynical about politicians.
D) it can benefit attitudes and engagements when candidates appear for interviews.
E) it can decrease people's levels of political knowledge.
The television hypothesis is the belief that television
A) should educate the public by aggressively investigating candidates' personal lives.
B) now routinely suppresses potentially harmful news about large corporations that own TV stations.
C) should be fair and equal in covering all candidates.
D) is to blame for the low level of citizens' knowledge about public affairs.
E) causes political apathy among viewers.
General entertainment programming that often includes discussions of political affairs, such as The Daily Show, The Today Show, and The View is called
A) news lite.
B) soft news.
C) micro journalism.
D) new news.
E) New Wave journalism.
When all media outlets are covering the same story and virtually every other issue gets ignored, the media is said to be operating in _____ mode.
A) alarm
B) gate
C) patrol
D) fire
E) horserace
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