Political Communication 4

The media make statements about politics in the form of below, except

• Columns

• Interviews

• Commentaries

• Editorials

—Someone who is accepted by a newspaper reader as an authority on political affairs is called

• Journalist

• Reporter

• Columnist

• Pundit

The relationship between the media and the political process is a dialectical one, involving action and reaction.

• True

• False

The arena for a more detailed exploration of political affairs than straight news allow.

• Columns

• Feature

• Editorial

• Bard

The media is taking role as an important political actors by (1) transmit the messages about organizations to the public, (2) organize the political events, (3) moderate the political events, (4) transform the political events toward political news, and (5) give an interpretation of a political event. The right actions conducted by media are number

• 1, 2, 5

• 3, 4, 5

• 1, 4, 5

• 2, 3, 4

The media represented an independent source of knowledge by informing the people about politics.

• True

• False

—The most important “voice” of a newspaper which embodies its political identity is ...

• Editorial

• Column

• Reportage

• Feature

—The media’s democratic role would be fulfilled solely by journalists’ adherence to the professional ethic of objectivity in reporting the facts of public affairs

• True

• False

In the case of Indonesia, print media have been more overtly partisan in their approach to political affairs, perceiving their role as very much that of opinion-articulation.

• True

• False

Media content that employs humor, satire, and irony to comment on political affairs , although frequently with serious intent

• Bard

• Op-ed column

• Editorial

• Feature