AP Gov Ch 13 - Alyssa Rosales Flashcards
mass media
The mass media is a diversified collection of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication.
news media
The news media or news industry are forms of mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public. These include print media, broadcast news, and more recently the Internet.
yellow journalism
Yellow journalism and the yellow press are American terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales.
muckraking
the action of searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people in an underhanded way.
press release
a document offering an official comment or position
press briefing
a relatively restricted session between a press secretary and
press conference
a media event in which newsmakers invite journalists to hear them speak and, most often, ask questions
media effects
refers to the many ways individuals and society may be influenced by both news and entertainment mass media, including film, television, radio, newspapers, books, magazines, websites, video games, and music.
agenda setting
Agenda-setting theory describes the “ability to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public agenda”. With agenda setting being a social science theory, it also attempts to make predictions.
framing
the power of the media to influence how events and issues are interpreted
on the record
officially measured and noted.
off the record
not made as an official or attributable statement.
on background
usually means that a reporter can use the information you give them, but cannot name or quote you directly.
deep background
o mean that the information may not be included in the article but is used by the journalist to enhance his or her view of the subject matter, or to act as a guide to other leads or sources.
prior restraint
Prior restraint is censorship imposed, usually by a government or institution, on expression, that prohibits particular instances of expression
content regulations
A regulation of speech or expression that is based on the substance of the message being communicated, rather than just the manner or method in which the message being expressed.
equal time rule
The equal-time rule specifies that U.S. radio and television broadcast stations must provide an equivalent opportunity to any opposing political candidates who request it.
right of rebuttal
The Right of Rebuttal Rule states that a person who is attacked on public television or radio must be given a chance to respond to the attack on the air.
narrowcasting
the transmission of television programs, especially by cable, to a comparatively localized or specialist audience.
citizen journalists
The concept of citizen journalism is based upon public citizens “playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news and information.”
