Ch 7 Vocab

Question 0

Television,radio,newspapers,magazines,the internet,& other means of popular communication

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Mass media

Question 1

Behavior of citizens and policymakers and the political agenda itself are increasingly shaped by technology

Answer 1

High-tech politics

Question 2

Purposely staged for the media that nonetheless look spontaneous. Can be staged by individuals ,groups, and govt officials, especially presidents

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Media event

Question 3

Meetings of public officials with reporters

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Press conferences

Question 4

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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Investigative journalism

Question 5

Newspapers and magazines, as compared with broadcast media

Answer 5

Print media

Question 6

Television,radio,and the internet,as compared with print media

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Broadcast media

Question 7

Media programming on cable TV or the internet that is focused on one topic and aimed at a particular audience(MTV,ESPN,C-SPAN)

Answer 7

Narrowcasting

Question 8

Newspapers published by massive media conglomerates that account for over four fifths of the nations daily newspaper circulation;often control broadcast media as well

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Chains

Question 9

Specific locations from which news specifically emanates,such as congress or the white house. Most top reporters work a patricular beat, thereby becoming specialists in what goes on at that location

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Beats

Question 10

Intentional news leak for the purpose of assessing the public reaction

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Trial balloons

Question 11

Short video clips of approx 10 sec; typically, theyre all that is shown from a politicians speech on the nightly television news

Answer 11

Sound bites

Question 12

Shot of a persons face talking directly to the camera. B/c this is visually unappealing,the major commercial networks rarely show a politician talking one on one for very long

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Talking head

Question 13

Issues that attract the serious attention of public officials & other ppl actively invilved in politics at the time

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Policy agenda

Question 14

Ppl who invest their political “capital” in an issue. Accoeding to john kingdom, a policy entrepreneur “could be in or out of govt, in elected or appointed positions, in interest groups or research organizations.”

Answer 14

Policy entrepeneurs