Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Commercial bias in the media is a result of growing concentration of corporate ownership of the media.
2. The tendency of public officials, journalists, and lobbyists to move between public- and private-sector jobs is known as the revolving door.
3. The way in which the media’s emphasis on particular characteristics of people, events, or issues influences the public’s perceptions of those people, events, or issues is called framing.
4. One of the effects of horse race journalism is that the media show politics as if politicians cared only about scoring victories off one another.
5. News aggregators help to stimulate the news industry and provide a boost for journalists.


1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False

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