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06
The Media
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Which of the following political figures was harmed by the “Macaca incident”?
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
John McCain
George Allen
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2
Which of the following is a non-profit media outlet?
NPR
Chicago Tribune
Fox News
Drudge Report
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3
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting provides funding for which of the following?
CNN
Time
PBS
All of the above
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4
Which of the following is part of the print media?
Huffington Post website
CNN
New York Times
Rush Limbaugh
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5
The firm Sirius is most closely associated with which of the following?
Satellite radio
Internet blogs
Cable television news
News magazines
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6
Which of the following is part of the broadcast media?
Fox News
CNN
CBS
All of the above
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7
Which of the following is part of the new media?
CBS
Time Magazine
Huffington Post website
All of the above
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8
Which of the following has experienced a declining audience in recent years?
News magazines
Newspapers
Television network news
All of the above
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9
Matt Drudge and Ariana Huffington are most closely associated with which of the following?
Websites
Cable television
Talk radio
Newspaper chains
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0
Which of the following recent presidential candidates was most successful at using the Internet to raise campaign money?
Hillary Clinton
John McCain
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
1
1
In which of the following countries is the primary target audience for Radio Martí?
United States
Russia
Cuba
Iraq
1
2
Which of the following is characteristic of objective journalism?
Objective journalism typically supports government policies, regardless of which party is in power.
Objective journalism focuses on facts rather than opinion.
Objective journalism stresses emotional issues and dramatic images.
Objective journalism is highly critical of government officials, regardless of which party is in power.
1
3
Rush Limbaugh is most closely associated with which of the following?
An Internet website
Fox News
CBS network news
Talk radio
1
4
Conservative political viewpoints dominate which of the following?
Talk radio
Network news
Blogs
News magazines
1
5
Research on news bias has found which of the following?
The network evening news treats Democratic presidential candidates more favorably than it treats Republican candidates.
The network evening news treats Republican presidential candidates more favorably than it treats Democratic candidates.
The network evening news treats both Democratic and Republican presidential candidates positively.
The network evening news treats incumbent presidents more favorably than their challengers, regardless of political party.
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6
If a Republican wanted to read and watch news that typically treated the candidates of her favorite political party sympathetically, she would do which of the following?
Watch CNN
Make the Huffington Post the homepage of her Internet browser
Watch Fox News
Watch NBC network news
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7
The audience for which of the following includes the highest percentage of liberal Democrats?
Fox News
CNN
Rush Limbaugh
Talk radio
1
8
What is attack journalism?
An approach to news coverage that focuses on car wrecks and crime.
An approach to news coverage that takes an adversarial view of candidates and public officials.
An approach to news coverage that focuses on the positive, hopeful side of the news.
An approach to news coverage that is designed to support the candidates favored by the owners of the particular media outlet.
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9
What do political scientists mean when they say that the media play a signaling role?
The media take an adversarial approach to the stories they are covering.
The media should stick to the facts of a story and not insert opinion.
The media accept the responsibility to alert the public to important developments as they happen.
The media define the nature of problems facing the nation.
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The process by which a communication source, such as a news organization, defines and constructs a political issue or public controversy is known as which of the following?
Signaling role
Objective journalism
Attack journalism
Framing
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