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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 and sounds 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 profit |
biased | favoring one view over another |
political party | an organization group of people who share similar views and work to influence goverment |
write-in-candidates | a candidates whose name a voter must hand write on a 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 | political other than Republican and Democrat |
platform | set of statements describing a partys views on mojor issues |
political views | a persons idea about how government should run and how issues should be solved |