Media Key Terms

1. News networks must provide a diversity of insights on a topic.
4. Was a style of newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism over facts.
6. To use rhetoric to convince an audience of a specific viewpoint on a topic.
8. The term was coined during the early 1900’s. They are journalists who call out the government on their corruption.
11. a substance that prepares something for use or action.
13. any formidable contest or competition. The primary election is expected to be a horse race among four opponents.
16. New networks must treat all presidential candidates the same in terms of airtime.
17. comprises organizations that primarily deal with commentary, entertainment, arts and lifestyle. Soft media can take the form of television programs, magazines or print articles

2. a kind of journalism or a journalistic role where the journalist adopts an oppositional and combative style of reporting and interviewing.
3. mass communication, such as broadcasting, publishing, and the internet, is considered collectively.
5. a news agency that supplies syndicated news by wire to newspapers, radio, and television stations.
7. an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
9. a protective wall formed by interlocking the shields of foot soldiers.
10. typically used to refer to topics that are usually timely, important and consequential
12. the revolutionary business tactic of producing newspapers which sold for one cent.
14. process or assess (items) in order to reject those that are unwanted.
15. present or view (information) from a particular angle, especially in a biased or unfair way.