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30 Cards in this Set
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News coverage has changed significantly in the past forty years; television has become the major source of news for most Texans.
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True
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Fact checking political advertising by media outlets is supposed to alert voters to campaign distortions
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however, most people polled said they trusted the political advertising more than the media.
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The media sets the agenda for public policy by the stories it chooses to cover.
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True
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Media specialists often try to put a _____ on a story in order to present information in a favorable light.
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spin
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In general elections, studies have indicated that party identification
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plays a large role in determining voter choices.
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_____ are particularly susceptible to image creators and media manipulators.
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Young adults
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Public relation firms help politicians by spinning their messages to put the candidate in the best possible light, sometimes skewing figures that make the message partially untrue.
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True.
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The media have become a major institution linking governments to
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their political parties.
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Most of the information that people have about their government, particularly on the state and federal levels, comes directly or indirectly through
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the mass media.
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The Open Meetings Act requires a governmental body to
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post advance notice of most of its meetings.
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By selecting which events to ______ and how _____________ the ______ helps define what is important for the public.
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to report on; comprehensively to cover them; media
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Newspapers can more thoroughly explain a pending issue, its history, and possible options for its resolution than can the electronic media.
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True
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Where a story is placed is usually determined by the media outlet's perception of how much _____ is interested in a given story.
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the public
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Some scholars and media experts believe one of the major contributions of the media to politics is
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agenda setting.
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Despite the media's efforts, only a small percentage of Texans attempt to keep up with what their elected officials in Austin are doing.
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True
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The Internet blogs covering and commenting on state government and politics in recent years are more objective than other media.
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False
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Even at its best, _____ is an inadequate substitute for _____ coverage of government and politics.
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television; newspaper
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The primary source of news for most Texans is now
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television.
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The U. S. Founding fathers recognized that a free press is an independent conduit of information that is essential to making a representative democracy work.
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True
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Campaigning is now built around the mass media and has replaced the _____ as the main information link between the government and the voters.
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political party
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The unofficial fourth branch of government is
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the mass media.
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The primary information links between those who govern and those who are governed are
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the news media.
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Television has been criticized for putting
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style over substance.
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According to many political scientists, democracy is built upon _____ public.
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an informed and involved public.
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The intent of the Open Meetings Act and the Public Information Act is to insure that
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the public's business is conducted in public.
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According to the text, voters' ignorance of government and the issues plays right into the hands of
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the political candidates.
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Most Texas voters get to know a candidate through
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televised images.
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A trial balloon occurs when
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a government official leaks an item to test political reaction.
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Dramatic changes in mass communications over the past forty years, primarily the emergence of _____, have had a major impact on the role of the media in government and politics.
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television
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The _____ approach includes trial election or poll stories that show the candidate's voter appeal at different stages of a campaign.
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horserace.
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