Deck 19: Political Communication

Question 1

Although blogs and social media have not yet replaced the role of professional news media entirely, they have also gained considerable political power.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which of the following criteria describe hybrid media systems?

A) the absence of a single one-dimensional communication logic
B) static exchange relations between media, politics and citizens
C) the concurrence of traditional, top-down oriented mass communication and the decentralized participative interactive logic of Internet communication
D) the basic condition of contemporary political communication ecosystems

Answer 2

A,C,D

Question 3

When governments take a '___________' approach to communication, this refers to a style that is primarily oriented towards the interests of the ruling party.

Answer 3

party-centred

Question 4

According to Hallin and Mancini (2004), the political system's influence on the news media depends on:

A) the type of political authority.
B) the diversity of editorial content.
C) the type of electoral system.
D) the pattern of interest mediation.

Question 5

Which of the following ideal media models does not belong to Hallin and Mancini's (2004) typology of Western media systems?

A) The North Atlantic 'liberal' model
B) The Mediterranean 'pluralist democratic' model
C) The Southern European 'polarized pluralist' model
D) The Northern European 'democratic corporatist' model

Question 6

Whats these prototypical reporting styles described by Esser and Umbricht (2013) with the corresponding approach.

Question 7

The ___________ refers to the possibility that media consumers mainly access those media sources that conform to their own political convictions.

Question 8

Which factors characterize individual-centered election campaigns?

A) The prime communication channel is multi-channel television and the Internet.
B) Increasingly active individuals are micro-targeted.
C) The dominant reporting paradigm is networked hybrid journalism.
D) Newly added tools are web 2.0 platforms, social media and strategic data mining .

Question 9

Trust in news has not been declining overall in most countries despite any other national differences.

Question 10

The vulnerability of a country to widespread use of online disinformation depends on:

A) a history of polarized conflict and politicized, partisan media
B) the increasing support for public service television
C) the high level of trust in news the audience
D) a legacy of opinionated and less professional journalism.