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The Mass Media and the Political Agenda
Multiple-Choice Quiz

1 .       High-tech politics refers to [Hint]



2 .       A candidate's secret to controlling the media's focus is [Hint]



3 .       An event held primarily for the purpose of being covered is called a [Hint]



4 .       Prior to the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, [Hint]



5 .       The cozy relationship between politicians and the press ended when [Hint]



6 .       Three out of four Americans read a newspaper owned by [Hint]



7 .       The principle sources of news and information in the United States are [Hint]



8 .       The 1960 presidential debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy illustrates the [Hint]



9 .       The bottom line that shapes how journalists define the news, where they get the news, and how they present it is [Hint]



10 .       Television news programs are tailored to [Hint]



11 .       News coverage by the print and broadcast media is generally [Hint]



12 .       The vast majority of social science studies have found that the media are [Hint]



13 .       When journalists select which stories to cover, the overriding bias is toward [Hint]



14 .       The media seem to have the least effect in terms of [Hint]



15 .       As technology has enabled the media to pass along information with greater speed, news coverage has become [Hint]



16 .       In order to get their ideas placed on the governmental agenda, political activists depend most heavily on [Hint]



17 .       One of the most important strategies for policy entrepreneurs is to [Hint]



18 .       The media inevitably encourage the growth of government when they [Hint]



19 .       More than any other development in the twentieth century, the rise of television broadcasting has reinforced and furthered [Hint]



20 .       The overall effect of the media on democracy has been [Hint]



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