Examine how political newsmaking depends on where reporters are, what sources they talk to, and what sorts of video are available
Compare the roles of the limited geography of political news, dependence on official sources, and the relationship between visuals and newsworthiness in the kind of the news that the media present.
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Explain how and why serious national news comes from surprisingly few places and how most TV news coverage is assigned to predictable events.
2, Discuss the media's dependence on official sources and how beats and news-gathering routines encourage a situation of mutual dependence by reporters and officials.
3, Compare the role of the leak in news gathering with other ways the media get information from official sources, and examine how spin has an impact on the relationship between the media and these sources.
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The central idea of federalism is
a. to bring political decision making closer to the people. b. to give more power to the Federal Government. c. to give more power to the states. d. to shore up the influence of the political elites. e. none of the above.
Kirshner categorizes the current financial order as "market fundamentalism." Identify a feature included in the author's definition of this phrase
a. unlimited growth of the U.S. financial sector b. the dismantling of existing financial regulations c. the conservatizing of finance at home and abroad d. free and unsupervised markets, including financial markets, always know best e. the free market is the only viable source of creativity and innovation.