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16 Cards in this Set
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MASS MEDIA
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All means of commnication with the general public, including television, newspapers,magazines, radio, books, recordings, motion pictures, and the Internet
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NEWSMAKING
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Deciding what events, topics, presentations, and issues will be given coverage in the news
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AGENDA SETTING
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Deciding what will be decided, defining the problems and issues to be addressed by decision makers
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SOCIALIZATION
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The learning of a culture and its values
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MUCKRAKING
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Journalistic expose of corruption, wrongdoing, or mismanagement in government, business, and other institutions of society
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"FEADING FRENZY"
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Intense media coverage of a scandal or even that blocks out most other news
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NAME RECOGNITION
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Public awareness of a candidate-whether they even know his or her name
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HORSE-RACE COVERAGE
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Media coverage of electoral campaigns that concentrates on who is ahead and who is behind, and neglects the issues at stake
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SOUND BITE
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Words actually spoken by candidates themselves on news broadcasts
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PRIOR RESTRAINT
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Power of government to prevent publication or to require approval before publication, generally prohibited by the First Amendment
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LIBEL
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Writings that are false and malicious and are intended to damage an individual
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SLANDER
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Oral statements that are false and malicious and are intended to damage an individual
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SULLIVAN RULE
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Court guideline that false and malicious statements regarding publice officials are protected by the First Amendment unless it can be proven they were known to be false at the time they were made or were made with "reckless disregard" for their truth of falsehood
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INFORMATION OVERLOAD
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Situations in which individuals are subjected to so many comunications that they cannot make sense of them
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SELECTIVE PERCEPTION
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Mentally screening out information or opinions with which one disagrees
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TELEVISION MALAISE
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Generalized feelings of distrust, cynicism, and powerlessness stemming from television's emphasis on the negative aspects of American life
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