CE.8b Election Campaigns and the Media 25

Information intended to change your opinion, often by affecting your emotions is called _____.

• Bias

• Fact

• Propaganda

• Platform

Information that favors one party or one side of an issue demonstrates the concept of _____.

• propaganda

• opinion

• bias

• the media

Which of the following is NOT a strategy for evaluating campaign materials?

• Detecting bias

• Separating fact from opinion

• Identifying propaganda

• Evaluating issues

Which of the following is NOT an example of the "mass media"?

• A graphic novel

• Television news

• Newspapers

• The internet

One role of the mass media is to identify _______.

• platforms

• bias

• candidates

• opinions

One role of the mass media in elections is to broadcast _____.

• only liberal viewpoints

• different points of view

• only conservative ideas

• information that helps only third parties

Which of the following is NOT a way that members of the media present their opinions?

• Posting to social media

• Publishing op-ed pieces

• Creating political cartoons

• Writing a script for a Netflix series

An article in which the write expresses their opinion about an issue or event is called a/an ___________.

• platform

• editorial

• public policy

• constitution

CE. 5c While the media sometimes uses misleading information called propaganda, more often it uses bias, which means –

• Broadcasting different points of view
• Separating fact from opinion
• Favoring one side over the other
• Rising campaign costs

CE. 5c Identify candidates, emphasize the issues, write editorials, political cartoons, op-ed pieces, broadcast different points of view... these are all....

• functions of political parties
• stated in a party's platform
• mass media roles in elections
• similarities in political parties