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Question 1.
As technology has enabled the media to pass along information with greater speed, news coverage has become more complete.


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Question 2.
Few, if any, presidential administrations devoted as much concern and energy to the president's media appearances than did Ronald Reagan's.


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Question 3.
Magazines are a major source of political information for most Americans.


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Question 4.
People think television news reports are more believable than newspaper stories.


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Question 5.
Political activists depend heavily upon the media to get their ideas placed high on the governmental agenda.


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Question 6.
Prior to the 1960s, the relationship between politicians and the press was cordial.


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Question 7.
Television network news shows tend to be tailored to the most sophisticated and educated audience.


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Question 8.
Television news can influence the criteria by which the public evaluates political leaders.


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Question 9.
The greatest payoff for a politician running for office is to get out and personally meet as many voters as possible.


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Question 10.
The media and the use of the media are monopolized by political elites.


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Question 11.
The print media remains the principal source of news and information for most Americans.


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Question 12.
The rise of the information society has not brought about the rise of the informed society.


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Question 13.
The vast majority of social science studies have found that reporting is not systematically biased toward a particular ideology or party.


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Question 14.
The watchdog orientation of the press tends to be strongly ideologically oriented.


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