Which of the following statements is true of concentrated ownership of media?
A) There is substantial evidence that corporations that own media significantly influence reporting.
B) The owners of media outlets air information that could be damaging to their advertisers if they earn profits.
C) If only one or two companies own a city's newspaper and its TV stations, these outlets present a diversity of opinion.
D) The owners of media outlets are unlikely to publicize views that they disagree with politically.
E) Concentrated ownership may be a more serious problem at the national level than at the local level.
D
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a. the risks in delegating tasks. b. the risks inherent in "groupthink.". c. the ubiquity and riskiness of change. d. the tendency of groups to produce decisions that involve more or less risk than those made by an individual.
Although early studies of American public opinion and voting found low information levels, they also found that Americans were pretty good at
A) working the system to get the policies that they desired. B) contacting candidates on a regular basis. C) discussing complex political issues. D) employing cues to select policies, parties, and candidates that most nearly reflected their values and interests. E) explaining the workings of government and major currents in law.