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21 Cards in this Set
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agenda setting
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the process of selecting the issues or problems that government will pay attention to
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electronic media
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consists of televisions, radio, movies, video and audio recordings , and the internet
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framing
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emphasizing certain aspects of a story to make them more important
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gatekeeper
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a person or institution that controls access to something
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hard news
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stories that focus on factual information about important desicions or events
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leak
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revealing information that officials want kept secret
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mass media
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all the means used to transit information to the masses of people
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media bias
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the tendency to present an unbalanced perspective so that information is conveyed in a way that consistently favors one set of interests over another
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misinformation
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the beleif that incorrect information is true
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news
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accounts of timely and specific events
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news media
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organizations and journaists that cover the news
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objective journalism
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an approach to journalism that places emphasis on reporting facts rather than analysis or a partisan point of view
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political bias
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the tendency to favor a political party or ideological point of view
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press
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the print and electronic media that are partially or wholly devoted to collecting and reporting news in the united states
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priming
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the process of emphasizing certian aspects of a storyin a media report. peopleoften use these points of emphasisas the basis for judging issues
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print media
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consists of newspapers magazine and books
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prior restraint
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to prohibit or censor a news story prior to publication or broadcast
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propaganda model
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the idea that mainstream media is baiased toward corporate and conservative interests because most mainstream media are corporately owned
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public sphere
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a forum where information on metters important to civic life can be freely accessed and exchanged
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soft news
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stories characterized by opinion, public interest, and often entertainment value
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strategic framing
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giving prominence in media stories to who is gaining or losing on an issue
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