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| sources like newpapers, television networks, radio stations, and Web sites, that provide information to the average citizen |
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| an event that attracts major media groups to cover it |
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| events at which politicians speak to journalists and usually answers their questions afterward |
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| reporters who dig deeply into a particular topic of public concern, often targeting government failures and inefficiencies |
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| magazine, books, and newspapers; not regulated by the FCC |
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| media that's transmitted through the airwaves |
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| the transmission of news to a specific demographic of people |
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| a small portion that is taken from a politician's speech and shown in the media |
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| type of broadcasting in which a person sits behind a desk and reads the news from a camera |
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| a group of public issues that a politician may use to create a political platform |
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| a person who creates a political party, project, or group |
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| corporation owns more than one area of news |
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| an area that a journalist focuses on |
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| small increments of press are released about an issue to see whether or not the public is receptive |
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| a person behind a desk reading copy to the camera |
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| trend toward single-company ownership of several kinds of media outlets |
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| an FCC regulation requiring broadcast media to provide equal airtime on any non-news programming to all candidates running for an office |
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| an FCC regulation requiring broadcast media to present several points of view to ensure balanced coverage. It was created in the 1940s and eliminated in 1987. |
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| a government agency created in 1934 to regulate American radio station, and later expanded to regulate television, wireless communications technologies, and other broadcast media |
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| influence on public opinion that results from journalists' and editors' decisions about which of many potential news stories to report |
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| influence on public opinion caused by the way a story is presented or covered, including the details, explanations, and context offered in the report |
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| description of the type of election coverage that focuses more on poll results and speculation about a likely winner than on substative difference between the candidates |
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| media that predates the internet |
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| time between the release of information and its publication |
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