CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE

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CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE

• in The Media

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A Closer Look at the AMBER Alert
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Media Push
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Political Response to the Media
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Media Frenzy and Jaycee Dugard
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News Media in America

• Mass Media Sources that provide information to
  average citizens on a day-to-day basis.
• Examples
• Newspapers
• Radio
• Television
• Internet

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The Beginning News Media in Early America
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The Evolution of the American Press

• Penny press Made newspapers available to more of
  the population.
• Wire service An organization that gathers news
  and sells it to other media outlets.
• Yellow journalism A style of newspaper
  featuring sensationalized stories, bold
  headlines, and illustrations.

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The Rise of Modern Media More Technologyand
Federal Regulation

• FCC Created in 1934 to regulate American radio
  stations, and later expanded to regulate other
  broadcast media
• Broadcast media Communications technologies,
  such as TV and radio, that transmit information
  over airwaves

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A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words
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Who Controls Mass Media? Deregulation

• media conglomerates companies that control a
  large number of media sources across several
  types of media outlets.
• cross-ownership The trend toward single-company
  ownership of several kinds of media

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Comparing News Sources

• Newspapers
• Magazines and Books
• Wire Services
• Television Broadcast News
• Cable Television
• AM Talk Radio
• Internet

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The Internet and Political Journalism

• News cycle - The time between the release of
  information and its publication.
• Mainstream media - Media sources that predate the
  Internet, such as newspapers, magazines, and
  broadcast news.

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How Media Works Leaks, Shield Laws

• Leak the release of classified or politically
  embarrassing information by a government employee
  to a member of the press.
• Shield Laws Legislation, which exists in some
  states but not at the federal level, that gives
  reporters the right to refuse to name the sources
  of their information

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How media works On press conferences, off-the
record remarks

• press conferences meetings held by politicians
  where they take questions from the media.
• on background/off the record when politicians
  speak to single reporters and stipulate that they
  can be quoted, but not by name.

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The News Landscape
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Media usage trends
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Journalists Self Reported Ideologies
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Self-Reported Ideology of Journalists who cover
politics the economy
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Political Knowledge Levels by News Source
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Political Knowledge Levels by News Source
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Media Effects How does media affect our
political perceptions?

• Media effects The influence of coverage on
  average citizens opinions and actions.
• Filtering The influence on public opinion that
  results from journalists and editors decisions
  about which of many potential news stories to
  report.
• Slant The imbalance in a story that covers one
  candidate or policy favorably without providing
  similar coverage of the other side.

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Measuring media effects

• Priming The influence on the publics general
  impressions caused by positive or negative
  coverage of a candidate or issue.
• Framing The influence on public opinion caused
  by the way a story is presented or covered,
  including the details, explanations, and context
  offered in the report.

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Framing Effects
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Measuring Framing Effects
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Measuring Framing Effects
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Partisanship
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Media Effects
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How Journalists View Their Profession
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Assessing Media Coverage of American Politics

• Hostile media phenomenon the idea that
  supporters of a candidate or issue tend to feel
  that media coverage is biased against their
  position.
• Attack journalism A type of journalism where
  bad news makes for good news, the mere whiff
  of a controversy or scandal is grounds for a
  story.
• Horse race coverage The type of election
  coverage that focuses more on poll results and
  speculation about a likely winner than on
  substantive differences between the candidates.

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Public Opinion Poll

• Do you believe the media has a conservative or
  liberal bias, or no real political bias?
• liberal bias
• conservative bias
• no real political bias

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Public Opinion Poll

• When you watch the news on television, which
  broadcast station are you most likely to watch?
• CNN
• FOX
• MSNBC
• major network ABC/CBS/NBC news station

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Public Opinion Poll

• During a typical week, how many days do you watch
  or read news, not including sports, on the
  Internet?
• 0 days
• 12 days
• 34 days
• 5 or more days

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Public Opinion Poll

• There should be limits on media criticism of the
  government during a time of war. Do you agree
  with this statement?
• Strongly agree
• Agree
• Disagree
• Strongly Disagree

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Public Opinion Poll

• Some nations restrict foreign ownership of major
  media outlets. Should the United States adopt
  such a policy?
• Yes
• No

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Chapter 6 The Media

• Practice quizzes
• Flashcards
• Outlines
• wwnorton.com/studyspace

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Media Sources
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What Difference Does the Internet Make?