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| a politics in which the behavior of citizens and policymakers and the political agenda itself are increasingly shaped by technology |
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| television, radio, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and other means of popular communication |
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| events purposely staged for the media that nonetheless look spontaneous |
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| meetings of public officials with reporters |
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| the use of in-depth reporting to unearth scandals, scams, and schemes, at times putting reporters in adversarial relationships with political leaders |
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| television, radio, and the internet |
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| media programming on cable TV or the internet that is focused on one topic and aimed at a particular audience |
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| newspapers published by massive media conglomerates that account for over four-fifths of the nation's daily newspaper circulation |
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- specific locations from which news frequently emanates. such as Congress or the White House
- most top reporters work a particular beat, therby becoming specialists in what goes on at that location
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| an intentional news leak for the purpose of assessing the political reaction |
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- short video clips of approximately 10 seconds
- typically, they are all that is shown from a politician's speech on the nightly television news
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- a shot of a person's face talking directly to the camera
- visually unappealing
- major commercial networks rarely show a politician talking one-on-one for very long
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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 political "capital" in an issue |
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