Chapter 8: The Media

Part C: Trends in the Media

• 1. The three biggest newspapers: The New York Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal, have provided digital copies online; less people access these organizations through newspapers. Also articles from these newspapers often appear on other websites.

• 2. Twice as many people access the news form portable devices (tablets and cell phones) than they did 10 years ago

• 3.“Isolating” one’s self when accessing the news: Often people will rely on specific sites to access the news causing them to be ideologically isolated; people will be more conservative or more liberal depending on the websites they access.

• 4. “Blogging” – more often, people place ‘posts’ on web articles; consequently, the government and journalists acquire quicker responses from the public

PART D: How interest groups, the media, and political parties impact the government.• 1. Interest groups, political parties and the

media are linkage institutions• a. Linkage institutions: organizations that

connect people with the government

• 2. Interest groups, political parties, and the media increase political participation in the United Statesa.Examples of political participation: voting, volunteering for a candidate’s campaign, writing/emailing to a Congressmen, attending a protests about an issue in government, contributing money to a campaign, and contributing time to get a petition signed to change a law.

• Political participation reflects how one fulfills his or her civic responsibility

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