APGovChapter13Ayasha.Hussain Flashcards
Agenda Setting
The process of forming the list of issues to be addressed by government
Citizens Journalists
Ordinary individuals who collect, report, and analyze news content
content regulations
Limitations on the substance of the mass media
deep background
Information provided to a journalist that will not be attributed to any source
equal time rule
The rule that requires broadcast stations to sell air time equally to all candidates in a political campaign if they choose to sell it to any
framing
The process by which a news organization defines a political issue and consequently affects opinion about the issue
mass media
The entire array of organizations through which information is collected and disseminated to the general public
muckraking
A form of journalism, in vogue in the early twentieth century, devoted to exposing misconduct by the government, business, and individual politicians
Media effects
The influence of news sources on public opinion
News media
Media providing the public with new information about subjects of public interest
Narrowcasting
Targeting media programming at specific populations within society
off the record
Information provided to a journalist that will not be released to the public
on the record
Information provided to a journalist that can be released and attributed by name to the source
press briefing
A relatively restricted session between a press secretary or aide and the press
press conference
An unrestricted session between an elected official and the press