Slides

1. POL 205
Spring 2018

4.  Sources help to gather, package, and disseminate
information to the public
 Newspapers
 Radio
 Television
 Internet
 Main goal of media has stayed the same
 How information is delivered has changed

6. 1) Inform
2) Investigate
3) Interpret

9.  Labor-intensive
and expensive
 Newsprint comprised
of individual letters of
metal type

11. Common Sense was mass-produced.
The Federalist Papers were published in NewYork newspapers.

13.  Newspapers and partisan politics
 Growing literacy and the “penny press”
 Beginnings of “Yellow Journalism”

18. THE “BIGTHREE” KENNEDYVS. NIXON, 1960

20.  Decline inTraditional Newspaper Readership
 Popularity ofTalk Radio
 Rise of Soft News or “Infotainment”
 Prevalence of Blogs
 Rise and Continuation of Social Networking
 Cell Phones andText Messaging

22.  Gatekeeper
 Decide what will be covered
 Disseminator
 “Just the Facts,” avoid unverifiable stories
 Investigator
 Investigate problems and analyze them
 Public Mobilizer
 Emphasis on civic journalism

24.  Selective Exposure
 Individuals exposed to information with beliefs
 Selective Perception
 Individuals interpret information with beliefs
 Selective Retention
 Individuals recall information with beliefs

25.  Agenda Setting
 Must choose which events to cover— signal to public
 Priming
 Media emphasizes characteristics of people, events,
or issues—and this influences public’s view
 Framing
 Media alters public view on issue by presentation

26.  Roles and functions allow citizens to learn about
government and critically analyze performance.
 Throughout American history, media’s role has
impacted the course of politics.
 Journalists’ perceptions on their role affects how
news is presented.
 Partisanship and ideology, along with the advent of
social media, will continue to impact how Americans
interact with political events.