Term
|
Definition
| Press is not a good institution to best organize electoral opinion because they do not have the same incentives as the Parites |
|
|
Term
| Patterson Mass vs. Elite decision making |
|
Definition
Media is under different constraints
Media is not about who is the best candiddates
-the elites would give the candidates the level of exposure that the press gives |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Press is not worried about mobilization
-Elites try to convince people
-Media has no trust in politicians |
|
|
Term
| Patterson on Responsibility |
|
Definition
| -accountability is better with parties because there is a different locus of interest |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-Consequence of thinking politics as a game
-more horse race coverage--les about the actual policies more about a "game motivation"
-war language & highly critical of candidates |
|
|
Term
| What does hallin think about contemporary journalism |
|
Definition
More interpretation, not just straight facts
-no trust in the candidates |
|
|
Term
| How does hallin and Patterson parallel? |
|
Definition
| They both believe that the press is too concerned about the "game motive" in candidates, in turn this overwhelms the substance of their proposal |
|
|
Term
| Main Points in Lasswell's reading? |
|
Definition
1. Surveillance
2 Coordination
3. Socialization |
|
|
Term
| What is Surveillance? according to Lasswell? |
|
Definition
| Watchdog, monitoring the local government about what is going on in the community today |
|
|
Term
| Coordination according to Laswell? |
|
Definition
| The press can communicate whos doing what (The news presenting a set of actors to explain why something may have happened) |
|
|
Term
| Socialization according to Laswell? |
|
Definition
| Cultural norms that are important to pass on the press is a part of this mechanism |
|
|
Term
| Lippman models of newsmaking |
|
Definition
Professional Model
Political model
Propagandist model
Organizational model
Mirror model |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| One that models what is happening int he political sphere -- Neutral |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Norms, ethics of journalism, much like a 4th branch of government--not purely objective |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Purely a business, profit seeker |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Mirrors what is going on in the world--window to the world |
|
|
Term
| Kull reading--what is it about? |
|
Definition
| -The more misperceptions that one sees in the news about the Iraq war, the more likely they will be in favor of the war. |
|
|
Term
| Iyengar and McGrady reading |
|
Definition
Political coverage in a democratic society should include:
1.Debate
2.Informed Opinion
3. Watchdog of officials behavior |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Partisan Press
Commercial Press
Objective media
Interpretive Media
Contemporary Media |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
created by the parties
good because you didnt have to guess hwether the paper was trying to be objective or if they skewed any information
one sided
Accountable
-nto good because there is not a paper for the mass audience
-the gov. funds it, so the press is not acting as a watchdog |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Penny press
advertisers strat paying, which they permit/require non-partisan news
increase avalability
leads are now popular because of the civil war
-nudes some journalistic content
-non-news becomes news |
|
|
Term
| What is yellow journalism? |
|
Definition
| when journalist are focused on the sensational type of coverage, little to no privacy for the gov. officials |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Act as social activist, seek out corporate misconduct and are famous journalsits |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Neutral language
equa time during campaign coverage |
|
|
