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media
vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Media | sources of our news and information about current events. |
Watchdog | one who stands guard and sounds and alert if something is wrong. |
Expose | story designed to expose wrongdoing. |
Unbiased | not favoring any view. |
Soundbite | something said in 15 seconds or less. |
Gatekeeper | one who stands guard at the gate and decides who gets to pass through. |
Medium | a method of communicating information, entertainment and other messages. |
Mass Media | methods of communicating with large number of people. |
Commercial | word that means for profit . |
Biased | favoring on view over another. |
political party | An organized group of people who share similar political views and work to influence government. |
write-in-canadantes | A candidate whose name a voter must hand-write on the ballot |
public -policy | The stand the government takes about how issues should be handled |
minority party | Political party that does not have a majority of the election members |
third party | A political party other than Republican or Demecrat |
platform | Set of statements describing a party's views om major issues |
political views | A person's ideas about how government should run and how issues should be solved |