According to Dunaway and Graber, the adversarial relationship officials have with the press is only reserved for the president, not members of Congress.

Which term refers to the prediction that citizens purposefully select pro-attitudinal messages and deliberately ignore counter-attitudinal messages?

Opponents of public ownership and control of news media fear that it leads to programming that uncritically supports government policies, even in democratic countries.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) controls only over-the-air television. Cable television and the internet have been excluded because they are considered common carriers—channels that carry information compiled by others rather than originating their own information. 

Identify the three branches of the U.S. government and explain their purpose and function.

According to Dunaway and Graber, socialist systems operate on the assumption that government must control the media because news stories are essential for engendering support for the government’s mission.

One criterion of newsworthiness is proximity. Strong preference for local news signifies that people are most interested in what happens near them.

Adverse publicity can kill the president’s programs and abort new policies.

According to Dunaway and Graber, in democracies, the public sees journalists as the eyes and ears. Journalists are expected to scrutinize government performance and report the findings.

According to Dunaway and Graber, journalists tend to be socially more conservative than the general population and to have a less developed sense of social responsibility.