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the power of the media to bring public attention to particular issues and problems |
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news reported and distributed by citizens, rather than professional journalists and for-profit news organizations |
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a daily Internet user with high-speed home Internet access and the technology and literacy skills to go online for employment, news, politics, entertainment, commerce, and other activities |
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the requirement that broadcasters provide candidates for the same political office equal opportunities to communicate their messages to the public |
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a Federal Communications Commission requirement for broadcasters who air programs on controversial issues to provide time for opposing views; the FCC ceased enforcing this doctrine in 1985 |
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the power of the media to influence how events and issues are interpreted |
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news reporting devoted to a targeted portion (subset) of a journalism market sector or for a portion of readers or viewers based on content or ideological presentation |
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process of preparing the public to take a particular view of an event or political actor |
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a Federal Communications Commission regulation giving individuals the right to have the opportunity to respond to personal attacks made on a radio or television broadcast |
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the tendency to focus news coverage on only one aspect of an event or issue, avoiding coverage of other aspects |
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web-based and mobile-based technologies that are used to turn communication into interactive dialogue between organizations, communities, and individuals; social media technologies take on many different forms including blogs, Wikis, podcasts, pictures, video, Facebook, and Twitter |
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