Chapter 7 Flashcards
Mass media
Television radio newspapers magazines the Internet and other means of popular communication
Media events
Events that purposely stage for the media that nonetheless look spontaneous
Press conferences
Meetings of public officials with reporters
Investigative journalism
The use of in-depth reporting to on earth scandals scams and schemes at times putting reporters and adverse relationships
Print media
Newspapers and magazines as compared with broadcast media
Broadcast media
Television radio and the Internet as compared to print media
Narrowcasting
Media programming on cable TV or the Internet that is focused on one topic and aimed at a particular audience
Chains
Newspapers published my massive media conglomerates that account for over 4/5 of the nations daily newspaper circulation
Beats
Specific locations from which news frequency emanates such as Congress or the White House
Trial balloons
And intentional news leak for the purpose of assessing the political reaction
Soundbites
Short video clips of approximately 10 seconds
Policy agenda
The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actively involved in politics at the time
Policy entrepreneurs
People who invest their political capital in an issue
Hite tech politics
A politics in which the behavior of citizens and policymakers and the political agenda itself are increasingly shaped by technology