The media's ability to determine what people know about their
government is called
oa) selection bias.
ob) information overload.
oc) yellow journalism.
od) information superhighway.

The media's ability to determine what people know about their government is called selection bias (A).

Selection bias is the result of a medium's abiliy to restrict how much or which data it considers and publishes. The information released to the public is therefore biased in the sense that since it lacks randomization and variety, the subject of the information (in this case, the government) is not depicted in a representative way.