Unit 7: Influencing Public Policy

The media is -

• a method of providing only factual information.

• the only news source you need.

• a method of communicating information to the public.

• what influences Congress to pass laws.

All are examples of media except -

• Newport News City Hall meeting.

• CNN news channel.

• The Washington Post newspaper

• Facebook

To be biased means -

• To express your opinion.

• To control the viewpoint of the public through media.

• To give everyone an equal chance.

• To favor one view, person or thing over another.

The local and national news stations have been reporting on the war in Ukraine. This is an example of which media role?

• Offering a forum iin which opposing viewpoints are shared.

• Focusing public attention on selected issues.

• Holding government officials accountable to the public.

• Identifying propaganda.

The media plays an important role in setting the public agenda in all of the following ways EXCEPT

• focusing public attention on selected issues

• holding government officials accountable to the public

• makes contributions to political candidates

• offering a forum in which opposing viewpoints are communicated

Which role of the media is portrayed when ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, Fox News, and CNN News aired the presidential debates?

• creating political cartoons

• broadcasting different points of view

• holding government officials accountable

• publishing an op-ed

The image is an example of

• bias

• simulation

• propaganda

• public policy

All of the following are ways the media influences public policy EXCEPT

• focuses attention on selected issues

• offering a forum in which opposing viewpoints are communicated

• holding government officials accountable to the public

• gives money to political parties

What is it called when individuals try to get legislators to introduce or vote a certain way on a bill?

• Interest groups
• Lobbying
• Demonstrating
• PAC

When the media only shows/publishes one side of an issue, the media is

• displaying bias

• offering a forum

• evaluating sources

• holding government officials accountable