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Television has transformed politics in the United States by changing the way in which information is disseminated, by altering p

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问题       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 rather 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 the 10 second "sound bite" in broadcast news. Increasingly the audience for speeches is not that standing in front of the politician but rather the viewing audience who will hear and see a snippet (片断) of the speech on the news.
     In these abbreviated forms, much of what constructed 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 issues 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. Sound bites in news and answers to questions in debates increasingly sound like advertisements.
What is the main point of the passage?
选项 A、Citizens in the United States are now more informed about political issues because of television coverage.
B、Citizens in the United States prefer to see politicians on television instead of in person.
C、Politics in the United States has become substantially more controversial since the introduction of television.
D、Politics in the United States has been significantly changed by television.
答案D
解析 本题考查主旨大意。这是一道有关文章中心思想的问题，可从前两段的第一个句子来归纳出。第一段第一句“Television has transformed politics in the United States…(电视已经改变了美国的政治…)”；第二段第一句“Television has altered the forms of politics communication as well．(电视也改变了政治交流的方式。)”因此，选项 D 为正确答案。
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