Question

Last week, a major politician was caught in a political scandal. The story was featured on the front page of the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, and was the lead story on NBC, ABC, and CBS nightly news. This is referred to as _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

Homogenization.

Explanation:

As the exercise suggests, homogenization is a term used to describe a phenomenon in which different media focuses on the same stories during a news cycle. For example, how a story of a politician caught in a scandal is featured on the front page of the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, and was the lead story on NBC, ABC, and CBS nightly news.