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| Means of communication that reach the public, including newspapers and magazines, radio, television (broadcast, cable, and satellite), films, recordings, books, and electronic communication. |
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| Media that emphasizes the news. |
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| Promoting a particular position or an issue by interest groups or individuals but not by candidates. Much issue advocacy is often electioneering for or against a candidate and, until 2004, had not been subject to regulation. |
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| The process by which we develop our political attitudes, values, and beliefs. |
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| The process by which individuals screen out messages that do not conform to their own biases. |
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| The process by which individuals perceive what they want to in media messages. |
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| A close contest; by extension, any contest in which the focus is on who is ahead and by how much rather than on substantive differences between the candidates. |
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