APP Media Questions

Name given to a piece of computer code that outlines specific steps to solve a problem and applied to internet feeds.

• Bot

• Program

• Algorithm

• Troll

Type of media bias where news is presented as fact without evidence to back it up.

• Mudslinging

• Unsubstantiated claim

• Sensationalism

• Spin

The Federal Communications Commission oversees the programming of which entities? 

• Television

• Television and radio

• Television, radio, and satellite

• Television, radio, satellite, and cable

The strategy used to filter through and identify trustworthy websites by opening up more tabs to verify information…

• Mind reading

• Filter reading

• Lateral reading

• Vertical reading

News presented in an entertaining style…

• Muckracking

• Yellow journalism

• Horse race journalism

• Soft news

Video and print news posted to the Internet or social media by citizens rather than the news media

• Horse race journalism

• Citizen journalism

• Social media journalism

• Yellow journalism

Muckracking occurs when newspapers ________.

• Investigate problems in government and business

• Investigate actions of celebrities

• Investigate actions of celebrities

• Print more editorials and opinion pieces to sell papers

A conglomerate is a corporation that ________.

• Owns all television news stations in a state

• Owns only television and newspapers

• Owns only radio stations

• Owns many businesses and media networks

When your social media feed and what you see online only align with your existing beliefs and experiences…

• Algorithm

• Agenda setting

• Filter bubble

• Citizen journalism

Period during the 1780s in which newspaper content was biased by political partisanship…

• Yellow Journalism Era

• Party Press Era

• Citizen Journalism Era

• Horse Race Era