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| news sources, including newspaper, television, radio, and the internet, whose purpose is to provide a large audience with information about the nation |
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| subset of the mass media that provides the news of the day, gathered and reported by journalists |
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| another term for the news media or journalists, both of which provide information to the public about political events |
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| generation born between 1982 and 2003 |
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| role of the press in monitoring government actions |
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| government restrictions on freedom of the press that prevent the material from being published |
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| Supreme Court case that declared that only in exceptionally rare cases can the government prevent the printing of a news story |
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| publishing false and damaging statements about another |
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| new york times v. sullivan |
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| case establishing that proof of actual malice is required to convict in a libel suit |
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| making a statement against public officials or public figures with knowledge that the information was false or with "reckless disregard" of whether it was false or true |
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| pentagon papers case (new york times v. united states) |
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| case permitting publication of classified documents on the Vietnam war and thus favoring freedom of the press over the executive authority of the president |
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| federal communications commission |
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| executive branch agency charged with regulating and overseeing radio, television, and electronic broadcasting |
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| conduct or language that incites rebellion against the authority of a state |
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| series of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay under the pseudonym of Publius, arguing for the ratification of the constitution |
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| made it a crime to criticize the government, later repealed |
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| newspapers sold for a penny, initiating an era in which the press began to rely on circulation and advertising for income, and not on political parties |
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| style of journalism in the late nineteenth century, characterized by sensationalism intending to capture the readers' attention and increase circulation |
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| journalistic practice of investigative reporting that seeks to uncover corruption and wrongdoing |
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| colloquial expression for journalists' goal of breaking a news story, providing original and important information to the public |
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| information a journalist acquired from interviews that, though not intended for publication, can still be useful in setting an context for important news stories |
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| information journalistis gather from individuals that provides valuable context for a story |
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| structure and design of media through which people obtain information about politics or other current events |
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| news coverage, traditionally found in the printed press, that is more fact-based, opposed to more interpretive narratives and commentary |
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| media format dominated by conservative commentators that has become a vital gateway in disseminating political issues and events to millions |
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| sources of news geared toward a less politically attentive audience, offering less substantive and more entertaining coverage than hard news |
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| news stories focused less on facts and policies than on sensationalizing secondary issues or on less serious subjects of the entertainment world |
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| website where people post news, commentary, pictures, video, and other pieces of information to share with other users |
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| ordinary individuals with no formal journalistic training and independent of new organizations who play an active role in reporting the news or commentating on current events, primarily through the internet and blogs |
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| extreme view of the media's role in society, arguing that the press only serves the interest of the government, driving what the public thinks about important issues |
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| view of the media's impact as marginal, since most people seek new reports to reinforce beliefs already held rather than to develop new ones |
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| process whereby people secure information from sources that agree with them, thus reinforcing their beliefs |
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| process whereby partisans interpret the same information differently |
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| not-so-minimal effects model |
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| view of the media's impact as substantial occurring by agenda setting, framing, and priming |
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| ability of the media to impact how people view issues, people, or events by controlling what stories are shown and what are not |
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| process whereby the media influence how the public views politicians by emphasizing criteria that make them look either good or bad |
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| ability of the media to influence public perception of issues by constructing the issue of discussion of a subject in a certain way |
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| brief snippets of information that stress the short, catchy statements over substantive analysis, timed to fit the average news story on contemporary television |
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| state of politicians being sheltered from public scrutiny and uncontrolled situations |
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