Media Key Terms

1. main means of communication, such as broadcasting, publishing, the internet, all collectively
4. The study of how rhetorical devices can be used to convince people of the value of any given position
5. reform-minded journalists sought to expose corruption in big business and government
10. mandated that broadcast networks devote time to contrasting views on issues of public importance
13. journalism that present little to no legitimate, well-researched news
14. the portion of a filtering system that separates unwanted particles from the substance being filtered.
15. focuses on events or incidents that are considered to be timely and consequential

2. often creates false narratives or ‘fake news’ around characteristics of difference such as class, race,etc.
3. A news agency that provides syndicated news to newspaper, radio, and television stations
6. centers on the lives of individuals and has little urgency
7. A political system that resembles coverage of...
8. statement bias
9. when news content suggests to the news audience that they ought to use specific issues as benchmarks
11. laws statutes that provide journalists either a qualified privilege to refuse to disclose sources used
12. cheap, tabloid style newspapers