Chapter 7

Question 0

Mass media

Answer 0

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

Question 1

High-tech politics

Answer 1

A politics in which the behavior of citizens and policy makers and the political agenda itself are increasingly shaped by technology

Question 2

Media events

Answer 2

Events that are purposely staged for the media and that are significant just because the media are there

Question 3

Press conferences

Answer 3

Meetings of public officials with reporters

Question 4

Investigative journalism

Answer 4

The use of in depth reporting to unearth scandals, scams, and schemes, at times putting reporters in adversarial relationships with political leaders

Question 5

Print media

Answer 5

Newspapers and magazines, as compared with electronic media

Question 6

Electronic media

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Narrow casting

Answer 7

Media programming on cable tv or the internet that is focused on a particular interest and aimed at a particular audience, in contrast to broadcasting

Question 8

Selective exposure

Answer 8

The process through which people consciously choose to get the news from information sources that have viewpoints compatible with their own

Question 9

Chains

Answer 9

Groups of newspapers published by media conglomerates and today accounting for over four-fifths of the nations daily newspaper circulation

Question 10

Beats

Answer 10

Specific locations from which news frequently emanates, such as Congress or the White House. Most top reporters work a particular beat, thereby becoming specialists in what goes on at that location