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chapter 15
news media
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Political Studies
12th Grade
11/11/2012

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Mass media
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The entire array of organizations through which information is collected and disseminated to the general public.
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News media
Definition
Media providing information the public with new information about subjects of public interest.
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Muchraking
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A form of journalism, in vogue in the early twentieth century, devoted to exposing misconduct by government, business, and individual politicians.
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Yellow journalism
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A form of newspaper publishing in vogue in the late19th century that featured pictures, comics, color, and sensualized news coverage.
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Narrowcasting
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Targeting media programming at specific populations within society.
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Citizen journalists
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Ordinary individuals who collect, report, and analyze news content.
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On the record
Definition
Information provided to a journalist that can be released and attributed by name to the source.
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Off the record
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Information provided to a journalist that will not be released to the public
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On background
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Information provided to a journalist that will not be attributed to a name source.
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Deep background
Definition
Information provided to a journalist that will not be attributed to any source.
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Content regulations
Definition
Limitations on the substance of the mass media
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Equal time rule
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The rule that requires broadcast stations to sell air time equally to all candidates in a political campaign if they choose to sell it to any.
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Press release
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A document offering an official comment or position.
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Press briefing
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A relatively restricted session between a press secretary or aid and the press.
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Press conference
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An unrestricted session between an elected official and the press.
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Media effects
Definition
The influence of news sources on the public opinion.
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Agenda setting
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The process of forming the list of issues tl be addressed by government.
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Framing
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The process by which a news organization defines a polticial issue and consequently affects opinion about the issue.
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High Tech Politics
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A politics in which the behavior of policy makers and citizens and the political agenda itself are increasingly shaped by technology.
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Selective exposure
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we reinforce our views by watching channels that support our views
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Gatekeepers
Definition
Process though which information is filtered.
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Infotainment
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"Soft news", a mix of informational and diversion oriented to personalities or celebrities unrelated to public affairs pr policy.
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Print
Definition
Newspapers, magazines
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Broadcast
Definition
Tv, Radio, internet
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"sound-bites"
Definition
Second long segments
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White house press corps
Definition
a group of men and women who are closest to the president, always there whenever anything newsworthy occurs/
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Federal Communications Commission
Definition
est. in 1934 by communications act. independent federal agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio, tv, telegraph, cable, and satellite.
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