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High Tech Politics |
a politics in which the behavior of citizens and policy makers and the political agenda itself are increasingly shaped by technology |
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mass media |
the term encompasses radio, magazines, the internet, newspapers , and other means of communication |
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electronic/broadcast media |
tv, internet and radio |
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print media |
newspapers and magazines |
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investigate journalism/ adversarial press |
the type of reporting that unearths scandals, scams, schemes and otherwise underhanded situations that may cause reporters to have the adversarial relationships with political leaders |
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narrowcasting |
media programming that is focused on one topic and aimed at a particular audience |
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chains |
newspapers published by massive media conglomerates that account for almost three-quarters of the nations circulation |
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blogewua |
a series, or log, of discussion items on a page of the internet |
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equal time ruleho |
an FCC rule that if a broadcaster sells fine to one candidate, it must sell equal time to other candidates |
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horse-race journalism |
news coverage that focuses on who is ahead rather than on the issues |
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routine stories |
media stories about events regularly covered by reporters |
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feature stories |
media stories about events that, thought public, are not regularly covered by reporters |
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insider storiesload |
media stories about events that are not usually made public |
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loaded language |
words that imply a value judgement, used to persuade a reader without having made a serious argument |
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background |
a public officials statement to a reporter given on a condition that the official not be named |
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beats |
specific locations from which news frequently comes from, such as Capitol Hill or the White House |
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trial ballo |
an intentional news leak for the purpose of assessing the political reaction |
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talking head |
a shot of a persons face talking directly to the camera |
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sound bites |
short video clips of about fifteen second; typically a small part of a politicians speech |
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media events |
actions that are staged for the media that are made to look spontaneous |
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selective exposure/attention |
the process through which people consciously choose to get the news from information sources that have viewpoints compatible with their own |
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policy entrepreneurs press conferences |
people who invest in their political “capital” in an issue, whether the one in questions is in or out of government |
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press conferences |
meeting of public officials with reporters |
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policy agenda |
the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actively involved in politics at the time |
