Chapter 7 Flashcards
A politics in which the behavior of citizens and policy makers and the political agenda itself are increasingly shaped by technology
High tech politics
People who invest their political “ capitol” in an issue
Policy Entrepreneurs
The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actively involved in politics at the time
Policy agenda
Media programming on castle TV or the Internet that is focused on one topic and aimed at a particular audience
Narrowcasting
Specific locations from which news frequently emanates such as Congress of the White House.
Beat
Newspaper published by massive media conglomerates that account for over four fifths of the nations daily news paper
Chains
A shot of a persons face talking directly to the camera
Talking head
Short video clips of approximately 10 seconds
Sound bites
An intentional news leak for the purpose of assessing the public reaction
Trial balloon
Television, radio, internet
Broadcast media
The use of in depth reporting to unearth scandals, scams and schemes at times putting reporters in adversarial relationships with political leader
Investigative
Meeting of public officials with reporters
Press conferences
Events purposely staged for the media that nonetheless look spontaneous
Media events
Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, internet and other forms of popular communication
Mass media
Newspapers and magazines
Print media