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| Politics where the behavior of citizens, policymakers, and politcal agenda are shaped by technology. |
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| Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, the internet, and other popular ways of communication. |
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| Events that are purposely staged fot eh media that still look spontaneous. Media events can be staged by individuals, groups, and government officials. |
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| Meetings of public officials with reporters |
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| In-depth reporting that is used to discover scandals, scams, and schemes, that can put reporters in an adversarial relationship with political leaders. |
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| Newpapers and magazines, basically any type of media that is printed on paper |
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| Television and radio shows |
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Media programming on cable TV or the internet that is focused on one topic and aimed a particular audience.
Ex: MTV, ESPN, C-SPAN |
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Newspapers that are published by massive media conglomerates that account for over 4/5 of the nation's daily newpaper circulation.
Ex: Viacom owns Blockbuster, Paramount Pictures, MTV, and Simon & Schuster. |
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| Specific locations where news frequently comes from, such as Congress or the White House. Most top reporters work a particular beat, thereby becoming specialists in what goes on at that specific location. |
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| An intentional news lead for the purpose of assessing the political reaction. |
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| Short video clips that are about 10 seconds long. They are typically used to show a poltician's speech on tv news shows. |
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| A shot of a person's face talking directly to a camera. Usually used on news shows to show the views who is talking, and keep them on the same screen even if the people are not in the same room. |
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| The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actively involved in politics at the time. |
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| People who invest their politcal "capital" in and issue. According to John Kingdon, a policy entrepreneur "could be in or out of government, in elected or appointed positions, in interest groups or research organizations." |
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