What are media events, and how are they used?

What will be an ideal response?

An ideal response will:
1, Define a media event as a staged event that is significant only because the media arethere.
2, Explain that the events themselves may not be important, but the fact that they are broadcast suggests their importance. Thus, the politician staging the eventbenefits by increasing his or her overall exposure to the public.

Political Science

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Medicaid is funded by the national government through a tax on cigarettes and alcohol

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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To what does the text attribute the declining poverty rate among the elderly?

a. the feminization of poverty b. progressive taxation c. Social Security and Medicare d. supply-side economics

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