Chapter 7 Vocab Flashcards
Specific location from which news frequently emanates
Beats
Television and radio as compared with print media
Broadcast media
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Politics in which the behavior of citizens and policymakers and the political agenda itself are increasingly shaped by technology
High tech politics
The use of detective like reporting to unearth scandals, scams and schemes
Investigative journalism
Television radio newspapers magazines and means of popular communication
Mass media
Events purposely stage for the meteor that nonetheless look spontaneous
Media events
As opposed to the traditional broadcasting the appeal to a narrow particular audience by channels such as ESPN and MTV
Narrowcasting
Newspapers published by mass media conglomerates that account for almost 3/4 of the nations daily circulation
Newspaper chains
A landmark decision by the US Supreme Court on the first amendment
New York Times v. US
The list of subjects are problems to which government officials are people outside the US government closely associated with with those officials
Policy agenda
Meetings of public officials with reporters
Press conferences
A government preventing material from being published
Prior restraint
Newspapers and magazines as compared with broadcast media
Print media
Short video clips of approximately 15 seconds which are typically all that is shown from a politician speech or activities on the nightly television news
Sound bites
