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    What Is the Media?

    LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain what the media are and how they are organized Describe the main functions of the media in a free society Compare different media formats and their respective audiences Ours is an exploding media system. What started as print journalism was subsequently Read more »

    The Impact of the Media

    LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Identify forms of bias that exist in news coverage and ways the media can present biased coverage Explain how the media cover politics and issues Evaluate the impact of the media on politics and policymaking In what ways can the media affect Read more »

    Regulating the Media

    LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Identify circumstances in which the freedom of the press is not absolute Compare the ways in which the government oversees and influences media programming The Constitution gives Congress responsibility for promoting the general welfare. While it is difficult to define what this Read more »

    The Evolution of the Media

    LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this section, you will be able to: Discuss the history of major media formats Compare important changes in media types over time Explain how citizens learn political information from the media The evolution of the media has been fraught with concerns and problems. Accusations of mind control, bias, and Read more »

    Introduction to the Media

    Democratic primary candidate Bernie Sanders arrived in Seattle on August 8, 2015, to give a speech at a rally to promote his presidential campaign. Instead, the rally was interrupted—and eventually co-opted—by activists for Black Lives Matter. Why did the group risk alienating Democratic voters by preventing Sanders from speaking? Because Black Lives Matter had been Read more »

    Chapter 8: The Media

    Chapter 8 Review

    CHAPTER SUMMARY 8.1 What Is the Media? The media encompass all communications that transmit facts or information to citizens and includes the mass media in print and on the radio, television, and Internet. Television takes many forms, such as local, network, cable, or satellite. Historically, programming was transmitted from networks to local stations and broadcast Read more »

    Chapter 13 Review

    CHAPTER SUMMARY 13.1 Guardians of the Constitution and Individual Rights From humble beginnings, the judicial branch has evolved over the years to a significance that would have been difficult for the Constitution’s framers to envision. While they understood and prioritized the value of an independent judiciary in a common law system, they could not have Read more »

    Chapter 6 Review

    CHAPTER SUMMARY 6.1 The Nature of Public Opinion Public opinion is more than a collection of answers to a question on a poll; it represents a snapshot of how people’s experiences and beliefs have led them to feel about a candidate, a law, or a social issue. Our attitudes are formed in childhood as part Read more »

    Chapter 4 Review

    CHAPTER SUMMARY 4.1 What Are Civil Liberties? The Bill of Rights is designed to protect the freedoms of individuals from interference by government officials. Originally these protections were applied only to actions by the national government; different sets of rights and liberties were protected by state constitutions and laws, and even when the rights themselves Read more »