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Television has transformed politics in the United States by changing the way
Television has transformed politics in the United States by changing the way
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2024-05-14
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Television has transformed politics in the United States by changing the way in which information is disseminated, by altering political campaigns, and by changing citizens’ patterns of response to politics. By giving citizens independent access to the candidates, television diminished the role of the political party in the selection of the major party candidates. By centering politics on the person of the candidate, television accelerated the citizen’s focus on character than issues.
Television has altered the forms of political communication as well. The messages on which most of us rely are briefer than they once were. The stump speech, a political speech given by traveling politicians and lasting 1.5 to 2 hours, which characterized nineteenth century political discourse, has given way to the 30-second advertisement and 10-second "sound bite (原声摘要)" in broadcast news. Increasingly the audience for speeches is not that standing in front of the politician but rather viewing audience who will hear and see a snippet (摘录) of the speech on the news.
In these abbreviated (缩减的)forms, much of what constituted the traditional political discourse of earlier ages has been lost. In 15 or 30 seconds, a speaker cannot establish the historical context that shaped the issue in question, cannot detail the probable causes of the problem, and cannot examine alternative proposals to argue that one is preferable to others. In snippets, politicians assert but do not argue.
Because television is an intimate medium, speaking through it required a changed political style that was more conversational, personal, and visual than that of the old-style stump speech. Reliance on television means that increasingly our political world contains memorable pictures rather than memorable words. Schools teach us to analyze words and print. However, in a world in which politics is increasingly visual, informed citizenship requires a new set of skills.
Recognizing the power of television’s pictures, politicians craft televisual, staged events, called pseudo events, designed to attract media coverage. Much of the political activity we see on television news has been crafted by politicians, their speechwriters, and their public relations advisers for televised consumption bites in news and answers to questions in debates increasingly sound like advertisements. [br] Paragraph 4 is to suggest that ______.
选项
A、politicians who are considered very attractive are favored by citizens over politicians who are less attractive
B、citizens will need to learn how to evaluate visual political images in order to become better informed
C、citizens tend to favor a politician who analyzes the issues over one who does not
D、politicians will need to learn to become more personal when meeting citizens
答案
B
解析
推理判断题。本题需要从转折处人手解题。第四段最后一句中however(然而)表明了本段的主要内容:政治向视觉化发展,公众获取信息需要新的能力和技巧 (politics is increasingly visual,informed citizenship requires a new set of skills),故选项B正确。做题时需要注意转折词后往往是关键内容所在。
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