Author Question: Research on the impact of soft news finds all of the following EXCEPT A) it can improve people's ... (Read 62 times)

melina_rosy · **on:** Sep 3, 2018

Research on the impact of soft news finds all of the following EXCEPT

A) it can improve people's levels of political knowledge.
B) it helps citizens identify which politician best matches their own political preferences.
C) it can lead people to be more cynical about politicians.
D) it can benefit attitudes and engagements when candidates appear for interviews.
E) it can decrease people's levels of political knowledge.

Question 2

The television hypothesis is the belief that television

A) should educate the public by aggressively investigating candidates' personal lives.
B) now routinely suppresses potentially harmful news about large corporations that own TV stations.
C) should be fair and equal in covering all candidates.
D) is to blame for the low level of citizens' knowledge about public affairs.
E) causes political apathy among viewers.