5.16 Roles of the Media

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READING: 192-215 in Edwards

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Learning Standards:
PRD-3.A: Explain the media’s role as a linkage institution.

PRD-3.A.1: Traditional news media, new communication technologies, and advances in social media have profoundly influenced how citizens routinely acquire political information, including new events, investigative journalism, election coverage, and political commentary.

PRD-3.A.2: The media’s use of polling results to convey popular levels of trust and confidence in government can impact elections by turning such events into “horse races” based more on popularity and factors other than qualifications and platforms of candidates.

PRD-3.B: Explain how increasingly diverse choices of media and communication outlets influence political institutions and behavior.

PRD-3.B.1: Political participation is influenced by a variety of media coverage, analysis, and commentary on political events.

PRD-3.B.2: The rapidly increasing demand for media and political communications outlets from an ideologically diverse audience have led to debates over media bias and the impact of media ownership and partisan news sites.

PRD-3.B.3: The nature of democratic debate and the level of political knowledge among citizens is impacted by

• Increased media choices
• Ideologically oriented programming
• Consumer-driven media outlets and emerging technologies that reinforce existing beliefs
• Uncertainty over the credibility of news sources and information

The Roles of the Media
What are the three major roles of the media? Which role is the most important?

Explain the following terms:

• Gatekeeper
• Scorekeeper
• Watchdog

Watchdog Role:

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