Unit 4: Media Influence and Public Policy (Day Five)

Which of the following are examples of the mass media? (choose three)

• Television

• Hyperdocs

• Internet

• Sterling Middle News

• Newspapers

Which is NOT a role of mass media?

• identifying candidates

• emphasizing select issues

• broadcasting different points of view

• purposefully include false information

• writing editorials

This increase in mass media makes it necessary for voters to ____________ the information presented in political campaigns so that they can make informed choices about the candidates and the issues.

• ignore

• evaluate

• disregard

• not trust

Which of the following are ways for an individual to evaluate for accuracy things such as campaign speeches and advertisements? (choose four)

• separate fact from opinion

• Automatically trust/believe

• evaluate reliability

• detect bias

• identify propaganda

To give unfair support to one side.

• political contributions

• communicate

• editorial

• bias

When a candidate expresses his/her feelings about an issue, they are using what campaigning technique?

• opinion

• fact

• bias

• propaganda

Which of the following does not have bias?

• An article listing the Republican candidates running for president

• An editorial endorsing the Republican nominee

• A news column in favor of the Republican nominee

• A political cartoon against the Republican nominee

Newspapers often run candidates views side-by-side during elections. This is an example of?

• identifying propaganda

• separating fact from opinion

• detecting bias

• broadcasting different points of view