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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 an 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 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. |
Political party | An organized group of people who share similar political views and work to influence government. |
Write-in-canidates | 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 elected members. |
Third party | A political party other than republican or democrat. |
Platform | Set of statements describing a party's views on major issues. |
Political views | A person's ideas about how government should run and how issues should be solved. |