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Media And Society
First Semester Journalism
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Journalism
Undergraduate 1
12/07/2006

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soft news
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news often reported in chatty colorful styl with less emphasis on straight facts and quotes; frequently featuring celebrity news or gossip; geared to satisfying audience "wants" not needs
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Al Jazeera
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Satellite TV news channel that is based in Qatar and broadcasts in Arabic and English
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Federal communications commission
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an independent U.S. gov. agence charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, tv, wire, satellite, and cable. Est. 1934
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Blogs
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personal journals or commentaries posted on websites (weblogs), a form of communication growing in importance
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Cultural imperialism
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term used by critics of what is seen as ones cultures dominance of another through popular media fashon, food, etc; refers particularly to U.S./ western media
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Muckrakers
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Investigative journalists; a term coined by Prez Teddy Roosevelt to describe reporters who specialized in exposing scandals and corruption--he said they were so busy raking muck that they didnt see the good in the world. The term was taken from John Bunyans Pilgrim Progress(1678)
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Investigative Marketing Communications
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the process of using promotional tools, including advertising in a unified way so that a synergistic communications effect is created
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Attack ads
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Negative political ads that contain criticism of a candidates character or record, often playing loose with context and facts
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Domain Names
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extensions on web addresses such as ".edu" that indicate the oriin of a web site. Thse are assigned by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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Domain Names
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extensions on web addresses such as ".edu" that indicate the oriin of a web site. Thse are assigned by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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Newsworthiness
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the often unstated criteria that journalists use to determin which events and issues should be reported including timelines, proximity, conflict, prominence, human interest, consequence, usefulness, havelty, and deviance
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Crisis Management
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In public relations the strategic response to uncontrolled negative publicity about an individual, client, or company
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globalization
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the international ownership, reach, and the coverage of the media
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Demographics
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characteristics of an audience such as age, sex, race, level of education, level of income,etc.
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Media convergence
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the blending or overlap in media functions as technologies evolve; melding of print, electronic, and photographic media into digitized form; also refers to multimedia ownership by large conglomerates
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Yellow Journalism
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a newspaper style or era that flourished in the 1980's emphasizing high interest stories, sensational, crime news, large headlines, plus reports that exposed corruption in business and gov. Associatied w/ Hearst, Pulitzer "the Yellow Kid"
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Fiber optics
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Thin glass bundles of fiber capable of tranmitting thousands of messages converted to shooting pulses of light along cable wires; these bundles of fiber can carry broadcast channels, telephone signals, and all sorts of digital codes
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Cyberspace
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the realm associated w/ computer communication, a territory that does not recognize convetntional boundries and heirarchies; the universe of information avaliable from computer networks
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Broadband
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a network connection that allows for a large amount of bandwith to be transmitted, which allows for more information to be sent in a shorter period of time
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John Peter Zenger
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NY journos and printer who was arrested for libel and then aquitted in 1735; Andrew Hamilton est. the rinciple that truth is a defense for libel and helped provide basis for principle of press freedom
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Social responsibility theory
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a belief or philosophy that freedom of the press carries with it a responsibility serve society; theory that holds that the media play an important role in informing the public of important info that allows them to make informed decisions so therefore the media should be largely free of gov constraints in providing news
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Copyright
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the exclusive right to use, publish, and distributive a work such as a piece of writing music, film, or video; ownership of a piece of intellectual property.
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Freedom of Information Act
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provides legal access to public records maintained by gov. There are both federal and state laws that allow access to public records.
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Slander
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a type of defamation that is spoken, as opposed to written, that damages a persons reputation or otherwise harms that individual
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Libel
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wriitten defamation that tends to injure an individuals reputation or good name or diminishes the esteem, respect, or good will due a person
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Prior Restraint
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gov. efforts or actions to prevent something from being published, broadcast, or distributed; such action would normally be prohibited by the First Amendment
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Sound-bite
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a short excerpt from a statement or speech that is broadcast on radio or TV
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Horse-race
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reporting or covering as a sports event- Whos ahead whos behind, whos gaining, etc
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global village
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a world linked together by telecommunications a concept popularized by media theorist Marshall McLuhan
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Fourth Estate/ Fourth Branch
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refers to the role of the press as a 4th branch of gov, one that watches the other branches; in earlier times it referred to the press as a locus of power along with clerical, temporal, and common estates.
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Gatekeepers
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any of those along the communication chain who have a role in determining what does or does not appear in the media; particularly editors, news directors, etc
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Agenda setting
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the role and influence of the media in bringing topics and issues to public attention; the media help define what people think about
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First amendment
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Gov for a redress of grievences
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CNN effect
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the ability of television, through emotion-raising video, to elevate distant issues onto the public agenda
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