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| influencing what people consider important |
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| the assigned location where a reporter regularly gathers news stories |
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| deviation from some ideal standard, such as representativeness or objectivity |
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the common term for weblog, a website on which an individual or group posts text, photos, audio files, and more, on a regular basis for others to view and respond to
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| the former requirement that television stations give or sell the same amount of time to all competing candidates |
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| the former requirement that television stations present contrasting points of view |
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| providing a context for interpretation |
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| the merging of hard news and entertainment in news presentations |
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| inside or secret information given to a journalist or media outlet by a government official |
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| term used to suggest that media corporations are so large, powerful, and interconnected that alternative voices to the economically and politically powerful cannot have their news aired |
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| news reported with no evaluative language and with any opinions quoted or attributed to a specific source |
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| digital audio and video files made readily available to interested people via computers and portable devices |
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| the government's power to prevent publication, as opposed to punishment afterward |
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| somewhat derisive term for print, broadcast, and radio commentators on the political news |
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the attempts by public officials to have a story reported in terms that favor them and their policies
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| the role of the media in scrutinizing the actions of government officials |
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| organizations such as the Associated Press and Reuters that gather and disseminate news to other news organizations |
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| acts signed into law by John Adams during undeclared naval war with France that Democratic-Republicans argued restricted free speech |
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| a popular news service that provides content of all kinds to thousands of newspapers, radio stations, television networks and web sites |
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| The current era of media coverage that seizes upon any bit of information or rumor that might call into question the qualifications or character of a public official. |
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| a term for the complete community of blogs and the ideas and conversation shared between them |
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| when members of specific interest groups use the internet to exclude views that contradict their cherished beliefs and theories over time from viewing the same sites that have certain political leanings |
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| Dept. of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) |
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a national survey of American households on the frequency of crime victimization, as well as characteristics and consequences of victimization |
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| a conservative news aggregation site that consists mainly of links to stories from the United States and international mainstream media about politics, entertainment, and current events as well as links to columnists |
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Means of communication characterized by the use of technology |
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| news reporters that are attached to military units involved in armed conflicts |
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| FBI's Uniform Crime Report |
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| contain official data on crime that is reported to law enforcement agencies across the United States who then provide the data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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| Federal Communication Commission (FCC) |
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| an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite |
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| a series of thirty evening radio speeches given by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944. |
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| a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, often involving crime, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing |
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| the communication of a false statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business, product, group, government, or nation a negative image |
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the major news networks, wire services like AP, and major newspapers |
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| patriotism or love of one’s country |
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| worth printing or broadcasting as news, according to editors’ judgments. |
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| a term meant to encompass the emergence of digital, computerized, or networked information and communication technologies in the later part of the 20th century |
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| Non-mainstream News Media |
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| blogs, small newspapers, and other niche news media |
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| a stringer is a type of freelance journalist or photographer who contributes reports or photos to a news organization on an on-going basis but is paid individually for each piece of published or broadcast work |
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| A newspaper having pages half the size of those of a standard newspaper, typically popular in style and dominated by headlines, photographs, and sensational stories |
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A body of experts providing advice and ideas on specific political or economic problems |
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| a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974 |
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