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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 of 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 parties | an organized group of people who share similar political views and work to influence government |
write-in-candidates | a candidates whose name a voter must hand write on the ballet |
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 democratic |
platform | set of statements describing a party's views on major issues |
political views | a person's ideas how government should run and how issues should be solved |