Ch.13 Caiou Dowds

Question 1

Agenda Setting

Answer 1

the “ability to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public agenda”

Question 2

Citizen journalist

Answer 2

public citizens “playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news and information.”

Question 3

content regulations

Answer 3

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. Content-Neutral Restriction: A restriction on the manner in which an expression can be communicated or conveyed.

Question 4

deep background

Answer 4

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

Question 5

equal time rule

Answer 5

specifies that U.S. radio and television broadcast stations must provide an equivalent opportunity to any opposing political candidates who request it.

Question 6

Framing

Answer 6

framing comprises a set of concepts and theoretical perspectives on how individuals, groups, and societies, organize, perceive, and communicate about reality

Question 7

mass media

Answer 7

a diversified collection of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication. The technologies through which this communication takes place include a variety of outlets.

Question 8

muckraking

Answer 8

the action of searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people in an underhanded way.

Question 9

media effects

Answer 9

topics relating to mass media and media culture effects on individual or audience thought, attitudes and behavior. The influence of mass media has an effect on many aspects of the human life

Question 10

news media

Answer 10

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

Question 11

narrowcasting

Answer 11

the transmission of television programs, especially by cable, to a comparatively localized or specialist audience.

Question 12

off the record

Answer 12

not made as an official or attributable statement.

Question 13

on background

Answer 13

usually means that a reporter can use the information you give them, but cannot name or quote you directly. That’s different than “off-the-record,” which theoretically means that the information you share with a reporter cannot be used in any way.

Question 14

on the record

Answer 14

used in reference to the making of an official or public statement.

Question 15

press briefing

Answer 15

a meeting called by an organization, government, etc, to inform the press of something

Question 16

press conference

Answer 16

a media event in which newsmakers invite journalists to hear them speak and, most often, ask questions. A joint press conference instead is held between two or more talking sides

Question 17

press release

Answer 17

a written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media for the purpose of announcing something ostensibly newsworthy

Question 18

prior restraint

Answer 18

censorship imposed, usually by a government or institution, on expression, that prohibits particular instances of expression

Question 19

right of rebuttal

Answer 19

a person who is attacked on public television or radio must be given a chance to respond to the attack on the air.

Question 20

yellow journalism

Answer 20

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. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism