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CHAPTER 12 SUMMARY Questions
DIRECTIONS: Read Chapter 14, 292-314. Answer the questions below on a separate sheet of paper.
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What is the difference between the "Old Media" and "New Media?"
In general, how does American media today differ both from that of earlier American politics in the 1970s?
Define the terms “yellow journalism” and “muckrakers.”
How have the characteristics of the electronic media and the Internet affected the actions of public officials and
candidates for national office?
What is the impact of the “national press?” Define the roles of the national media as gatekeeper, scorekeeper,
and watchdog. List examples for each from today’s politics.
Summarize what the book says about the effects of the media on politics. Explain what horse-race journalism is.
What does the book say concerning press bias? How do members of the media differ from average Americans?
What sort of evidence is there on the question of bias in the media?
What is a trial balloon and what does the term loaded language mean?
What is the evidence about the influence of media on how people think?
How does press coverage of the president and of Congress differ?
Why does American government have so many leaks?
Why has the media become more sensationalist and how has this affected public perception of the media?
What ways are there for politicians to get their message out?