Roles of the Media

From this information, it can best be concluded that the news media —

• displayed a negative bias to the candidate from Party Y

• showed little favoritism between political parties

• gave more negative coverage to the candidate from Party X

• showed a negative bias toward both political parties

John reads an article in the local newspaper about two candidates running for mayor. The article only mentions negative information about Candidate A and positive information about Candidate B. John decides to disregard the article and look for information about the two candidates in other sources because he -

• never believes anything he reads in that publication

• believes the reporter's story is biased

• does not like the author of the article

• does not like Candidate A

Which role of the media is being shown by the picture?

• Writing editorials, creating political cartoons, publishing op-ed pieces

• Identifying Candidates

• Emphasize Selected Issues

• Broadcasting Different Points of View

Which role of the media is being shown by the picture?

• Broadcasting Different Points of View

• Writing editorials, creating political cartoons, publishing op-ed pieces

• Emphasize Selected Issues

• Identifying Candidates

Which role of the media is being shown by the picture?

• Broadcasting Different Points of View

• Emphasize Selected Issues

• Writing editorials, creating political cartoons, publishing op-ed pieces

• Identifying Candidates

Which role of the media is being shown by the picture?

• Identifying Candidates

• Writing editorials, creating political cartoons, publishing op-ed pieces

• Emphasize Selected Issues

• Broadcasting Different Points of View

Which role of the media is being shown by the picture?

• Broadcasting Different Points of View

• Writing editorials, creating political cartoons, publishing op-ed pieces

• Emphasize Selected Issues

• Broadcasting Different Points of View

The mass media has an important effect on elections by -

• financing a particular candidate

• reporting only one candidate’s information

• broadcasting different points of view

• nominating candidates they support

Which role of the media is being shown by the picture?

• Identifying Candidates

• Writing editorials, creating political cartoons, publishing op-ed pieces

• Emphasize Selected Issues

• Broadcasting Different Points of View

A television network broadcasts a presidential debate. The host asks the candidates only questions about foreign policy, education, the environment, and healthcare. There are no questions about the economy or creating jobs. This is an example of the mass media -

• emphasizing selected issues

• identifying propaganda

• detecting bias

• recruiting and nominating candidates