The Role of Mass Media in Politics/Lesson Quiz

What term best describes a structure within society that links individuals to the government or centralized authority?

• Presidential Debates
• Public School
• Linkage Institution
• Information Dissemination

What is one of the ways media influences perspectives as discussed in the lesson?

• Information Dissemination
• Framing
• Political Socialization
• Watchdog Agency

Media Bias is the tendency of media outlets to present news and information in a way that reflects their own subjective viewpoints or interests, potentially influencing public perception and understanding of events.

• True
• False

When you determine the ideological preference of the reporter themselves, what are you detecting in the media?

• Corruption

• Bias

• Disinformation

• Transparency

What is the term that describes information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view?

• Perspective

• Media Bias

• Credibility

• Propaganda

What is the term that describes the process of verifying the accuracy and validity of information?

• Media Bias
• Agenda Setting
• Transparency
• Fact-Checking

Evaluating a media source through journalistic standards, fact-checking, and transparency can be best identified with what term?

• Credibility
• Perspective Influence
• Media Bias
• Linkage Institution

Visual imagery is NOT used in the media to do which of the following regarding influencing perspectives of people?

• Evoke emotions

• Reinforce stereotypes

• Convey specific messages

• Create political dissatisfaction

When evaluating the credibility of news media through transparency, which of the following should NOT be considered?

• Potential conflicts of interest

• Examining evidence

• Political socialization

• Funding of sources

The media coverage of Nixon's "Watergate Scandal" would be an example of the media acting as what?

• A protector of democracy

• A protector of the republic

• A watchdog agency

• A credible news source