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Identify five types of mass media.

1. Television
2. Radio
3. Newspapers
4. Magazines
5. The internet

Describe one way that news from print media has changed over the last 200 years.

      In present day, people have the freedom of the press, the freedom to write whatever they thought fit in a newspaper. This allows for newspapers to unveil the dirty truth from the government. 200 years ago, this was not permitted.

Describe one way that media coverage of presidential campaigns has changed since the mid-20th century.

      Coverage of presidential campaigns has increased since the mid-20th century, political ads were usually the only thing being shown about presidential campaigns along with speeches. It wasn't until 1960 that the first televised debate was filmed for the country to see. Now, pretty much every aspect of the presidential campaigns is covered.

Define yellow journalism. Explain whether and how you think it exists today. Give examples, if you have some!

      Yellow journalism is journalism that is not accurate and may be exaggerated.Describe in detail three ways that the FCC regulates news media. 

     1.  It prevents monopolies from having too much power in the broadcast market. So the numbers of news stations that are owned by a company must be limited.

     2.  It conducts periodical check-ups on news stations of their goals and performance. If the news station does not serve the public interest it is stripped of its license.

     3.  It requires that all political candidates have equal opportunities for air time on a news station. The amount of time being offered to one politician, must be offered to any other politician.

Explain two specific ways that President Franklin Roosevelt used media to help him politically.

      Almost everybody had a radio, so FDR took advantage of that by having fireside chats, he also held over 1000 press conferences during his presidency.
Explain how President Obama and other politicians today use new media (like the internet) to help them politically.

      Politicians like to take advantage of YouTube to advertise because it's free. This way it also reaches out to more people. Also, by putting their platforms online, more people will likely look at it.Media has grown and fragmented in the last few decades -- TV stations narrowcast by aiming at very specific audiences, and you can find blogs for any political view.

• A. Describe one possible positive consequence for our democracy from this trend.
• They can show very stong positions and have a lot of information for one side.
• B. Describe one possible negative consequence for our democracy from this trend.
• They can be biased and not show the whole story to the people.