Chapter 10 Activity

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Across
  1. 4. the phenomenon of large corporations buying smaller ones so that there are fewer and fewer companies’ products available
  2. 6. the practice of aiming media content at specific segments of the public
  3. 7. a hybrid of the words information and entertainment; news shows that combine entertainment and news
  4. 12. the process by which the media set a context that helps people understand important events and matters of shared interest
  5. 14. the requirement that stations holding broadcast licenses present controversial issues of public importance and do so in a manner that was honest, fair, and balanced
  6. 15. the breaking down of the media according to the specific audiences they target
  7. 18. tools used to store and deliver information or data
  8. 19. newspapers that sold for a penny in the 1830s
  9. 20. the public issues that most demand the attention of government officials
Down
  1. 1. an irresponsible, sensationalist approach to news reporting, so named after the yellow ink used in the “Yellow Kid” cartoons in the New York World
  2. 2. a format featuring conversations and interviews about topics of interest, along with call-ins from listeners
  3. 3. criticism and exposés of corruption in government and industry by journalists at the turn of the 20th century
  4. 5. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s radio addresses to the country
  5. 8. the quality of looking good on TV
  6. 9. a letter in which a reader responds to a story in a newspaper, knowing that the letter might be published in that paper
  7. 10. the practice of limiting access to a website unless users pay a fee or purchase
  8. 11. bringing certain policies on issues to the public agenda through media coverage
  9. 13. sources of information—including Internet websites, blogs, social networking sites such a Facebook and Twitter, photo- and video-sharing platforms such as Instagram and YouTube, and apps—and the cellular and satellite technologies that facilitate their use
  10. 16. the merging of various forms of media, including newspapers, television stations,radio networks, and blogs, under one corporate roof and one set of business editorial leaders
  11. 17. the practice of gathering and reporting events