What is narrowcasting?

a. all means of communication with the general public
b. the emergence of news outlets that offer specialty content for small, niche audiences
c. the power the news media has to decide what is news and what issues will be addressed
d. the learning of political values via the mass media


Answer: b

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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What form of government can do anything its charter authorizes but cannot conflict with existing state or federal law?

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