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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 |
sound bite | something said in 15 seconds or less |
gatekeeper | one who stands guard at a 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 numbers of people |
commercial | word that means for profit |
biased | favoring one view over another |
write in candidates | a candidate whose name a voter must hand write on the ballet |
public policy | the stand government takes about how issues should be handled |
minority party | political party that does not have a majority of elected members |
third party | a political party other than republican or democrat |
platform | set of statements describing a parties view on major issues. |
political views | a persons ideas about how government should run and how issues should be solved |