Chapter 12 Flashcards

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Blog

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Series, or log, of discussion items on a page of the World Wide Web

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Equal time rule

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FCC rule that if a broadcaster sells time to one candidate, it must sell equal time to other candidates

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3
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Horse-race journalism

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News coverage that focuses on who is ahead rather than on the issues

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4
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Routine stories

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Media stories about events regularly covered by reporters

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5
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Feature stories

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Media stories about events that, though public, are not regularly covered by reporters

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6
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Insider stories

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Media stories about events that are not usually made public

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7
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Trial balloon

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Information leaked to the media to test public reaction to a possible policy

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Loaded language

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Words that imply a value judgement, used to persuade a reader without having made a serious argument

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Selective attention

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Paying attention only to those news stories with which one already agrees

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10
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Adversarial press

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Tendency of the national media to be suspicious of officials and eager to reveal unflattering stories about them

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11
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Background

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Public official’s statement to a reporter given on condition that the official not be named

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12
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Sound bite

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Radio or video clip of someone speaking

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