4When the U.S. women’s soccer team won the World Cup in 2019, they got a lot of public attention. How would you describe the way that they responded to this public attention?They got upset because of all the media attention, especially from magazines.Some of them were happy but most of them were upset with the attention.They used it to make more people aware of the issue of gender pay equity in soccer.They all left the country to get some peace and quiet, away from the media.

If the media cover an issue and it gets a powerful response from the public, the media sometimes follow up by covering that response. What is the most likely outcome of these events?A.Increased bias in future storiesB.More powerful political partiesC.Decreased attention from elected officialsD.Changes to public policy on the issue

Objectification of women in the media

Which of the following statements best describes the effect of the media on public opinion and eventually public policy?Group of answer choicesThe media set the agenda, frame issues, and color public perceptions about alternative public policies.The media are biased toward a particular ideological position, which permeates most aspects of reporting and thus sways the American public in that direction.The media are, to a great extent, controlled by government officials through regulations placed on the media.The media are manipulated by government officials by what they say during press conferences and official press statements, and have difficulty ever criticizing government policy.

2What effect did Title IX have on women’s soccer in the U.S.?More women started covering soccer as news anchors.More women’s soccer teams started recruiting from high schools.More women players started forming their own teams.More women started playing soccer and got

Which of the following is the most accurate information about the role of the media in relation to the abuse of women?Group of answer choicesAccording to a survey, more than 90% of US residents said that media coverage had emphasized the serious problem of domestic violence.Outside of the United States and Canada and parts of Western Europe, television stations and newspapers never even mention the abuse of women.The media information about the abuse of women is so consistently misleading that it would be better for the media to ignore the problem.Because the abuse of women is such an invisible topic in the media, less than half of the states in the US actually have laws that forbid it.