AP Gov't Ch. 7

Question 1

High-Tech Politics

Answer 1

A politics in which the behavior of citizens and policymakers and the political agenda itself are increasingly shaped by technology.

Question 2

Mass Media

Answer 2

TV, radio, newspaper, magazines, the internet, and other means of popular communication.

Question 3

Media Events

Answer 3

Events that are purposely staged for the media and that are significant just because the media’s there.

Question 4

Pree Conferences

Answer 4

Meeting of public officials with reporters.

Question 5

Investigative Journalism

Answer 5

The use of in-depth reporting to unearth scandals, scams, and schemes, at times putting reporters in adversarial relationships with political leaders.

Question 6

Print Media

Answer 6

Newspapers and magazines, as compared with electronic media.

Question 7

Electronic Media

Answer 7

TV, radio, and the internet, as compared with print media.

Question 8

Narrowcasting

Answer 8

Media programming on cable TV or the internet is focused on a particular interest and aimed at a particular audience, in contrast to broadcasting.

Question 9

Chains

Answer 9

Groups of newspapers published by media conglomerates and today accounting for over four-fifths of the nation’s daily newspaper circulation.

Question 10

Beats

Answer 10

Specific locations from which news frequently emanates, such as Congress or the White House. Most top reporters work a particular beat, thereby becoming specialists in what goes on at that location.

Question 11

Trial Balloons

Answer 11

intentional news leaks for the purpose of assessing the political reaction.

Question 12

Sound Bites

Answer 12

Short video clips of approximately 10 seconds. Typically, they are all that is shown from a politician’s speech on the nightly TV news.

Question 13

Talking Head

Answer 13

A shot of a person’s face talking directly to the camera. Because such shots are visually unstimulating, the major networks rarely show politicians taking for very long.

Question 14

Policy Agenda

Answer 14

The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actively involved in politics at the time.

Question 15

Policy Entrepreneurs

Answer 15

People who invest their political “capital” in an issue. According to John Kingdon, a policy entrepreneur “could be in or out of government in elected appointed positions, in interest groups or research organizations.”