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Chapter 15
The News Media
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
04/20/2012

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print media
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traditional form of mass media, comprising of newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and journals
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narrowcasting
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targeting media programming at specific populations within society
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Citizen journalists
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collecting, reporting, and analyzing of news content by ordinary individuals
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on the record
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information provided to a journalist that can be released and attributed by the name of the source
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off the record
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information provided to a journalist that will not be released to the public
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on background
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information provided to a journalist the will not be attributed to a name sourced
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equal time rule
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rule that requires broadcast stations to sell air time eQUALLY to all candidates in a political campaign if they choose to sell it to any
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media effects
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influence of news sources on public opinion
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agenda setting
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constant process of forming the list of issued to be addressed by government
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framing
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process by which a news organization defines a political issue and consequently affects opinion about the issue
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Jefferson
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who wrote, he would prefer newspapers without government than a government without newspapers.
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fourth estate
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The media is also known as the
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penny press
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Partisan newspapers gave way t
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asdsd
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C-Span makes members of Congress even more accountable to citizens
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MSNBC
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Democrats' major news source is
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