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AP GOVERNMENT / CHAPTER 15 QUESTIONS / MR. LIPMAN
Assignment: Type out the questions and answers to the following matters discussed in chapter 15 (pages 480 to 504) concerning the media and its role in the American government. Make sure to read the entire chapter before answering these questions. Please make the questions bold.
1. Why are the media often referred to as the “4th estate”?
2. Why are so many people afraid that “chain ownership” of media outlets will stifle editorial
content?
3. What are the two main television sources of news for those 18-29 on television and why
does that scare many journalists?
4. Explain why press coverage of the President became more negative with the advent of television
coverage in the 1960s?
5. Describe the lasting effect of the Watergate scandal as it concerns press coverage?
6. Explain the significance of the case of New York Times v. Sullivan as it relates to the press?
7. Explain the significance of the case of New York Times v. United States as it relates to the press?
8. Explain the impact of "twitter" & “blogging” on the media and its coverage of politics?
9. Explain why the majority of Americans perceive the media as being biased?
10. Describe the major ways the government (think FCC) regulates the media?
11. Join the Debate on page 502. Does the media have a bias?
12. Use the internet to find two different media perspectives concerning coverage of President
Trump's press conference on February 16th, 2017. Describe the two different perspectives
and then give your opinion as to the fairness or bias of either one. (There are MANY
different sites that have video of the conference highlights. Just google "President's
press conference of February 16th.)
13. Describe where you get your news information from and whether you feel that your
following of the news is adequate. If not, what steps do you plan on taking to increase
your news information intake.
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