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Media Institution: Crash Course U.S. Government #44

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1. The main function of the media is to _____________

__________________ so people can make decisions

and get involved. The media lowers _____________

_____________.

2. The oldest form of media is _____________, which

means newspapers and magazines.

3. The second oldest form of media, and in some ways

still the most important source of political information

comes from _________________________________.

4. A third major media force in politics is the ___________________.

a. What are some ways in which it is affecting politics?

5. A serious complaint about broadcast and print journalism is that, because they are primarily financed by _________________, news organizations have an incentive to not report on stories that are _________________ of their parent organizations or advertisers.

6. What are some examples given of liberal media sources? And

conservative media sources?

7. What are the three main factors that affect news coverage?

8. What is meant by the term “leak”? What is usually the purpose

for “leaking”?

9. In many ways the most important thing about media is what it ___________________________. It’s really hard for voters and

other citizens to ___________________________________ and

try to _________________ their elected representatives if they

don’t know that something is even an issue.

U.S. Government Crash Course Answer Keys

Crash Course 44 – Media Institution

1. provide information; information costs

2. print

a. educated elites

3. broadcast media

4. internet

a. its primary advantage is it can update quickly which is great for breaking news (but this also pushes organizations toward creating more stories and “hot takes” rather than deep reporting, blogs and sites dedicated to politics tend to polarize into right wing and left wing sites, growth of social media provided new avenues for politicians’ campaigns and parties to get their information to the masses

5. advertising; critical

6. liberal – Washington Post and New York Times; conservative – Wall Street Journal, Fox news, and talk radio

7. the journalists who make it, the politicians themselves, the consumers of news

8. a disclosure of confidential information to a journalist; politicians can use them to cement relationships with news organizations and to make sure a story is reported the way that they want it reported

9. doesn’t cover; formulate opinions; influence

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