Across
- 2. Also called “equal opportunities”, it’s a rule requiring broadcaster to treat political candidates of different departments/parties equally
- 3. Journalists who focus on exposing big businesses/influential figures for controversy and corruption.
- 4. Independent US agency that regulates communi cations such as television, wire, satellite, and cable
- 5. news Information that is primarily entertaining or personally useful.
- 7. Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
- 9. A news agency that supplies syndicated news by wire to newspapers, radio, and television stations.
- 12. When news media suggests to audiences ways and specific issues that should be used to evaluate the performance of leaders and governments.
- 13. Biased, usually by emphasizing certain information while omitting others.
Down
- 1. A rule preventing political biases in broadcasted media, forcing networks to devote time to both their views and opposing arguments
- 3. The main means of mass communication, such as broadcasting, publishing, and the internet, considered collectively.
- 6. The study of how rhetorical devices can be used to convince people of the value of any given position.
- 8. The Penny Press was the term used to describe the revolutionary business tactic of producing newspapers which sold for one cent.
- 10. A law that protects journalists from having to reveal confidential sources.
- 11. The information-processing task where we continually make decisions about ignoring or paying attention to new information.