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Government final
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Undergraduate 1
12/09/2011

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Agenda
Definition
list of issues that need to be address
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Agenda setting
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attempt to influence the prioritization of that agenda list
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beat
Definition
your assign location to cover as journalist
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citizen journalism
Definition
amateur journalist and untrained journalist
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supreme court case
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new york times co. v. sullivan
actual malice=wins
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civic journalism
Definition
higher calling of news gathering
they have a role to educate, inform, and protect the public
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editorial
Definition
opinion essay
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embeded journalist
Definition
undercover to experience the news
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Muckraking
Definition
investigative journalism
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yellow journalism
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(paper turns yellow over time) sensationalism scandal longering
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Framing
Definition
setting a stage for presenting a news story
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broadcasting
Definition
cast wide net, catch large audience, a collection of unfilter news story.
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Correspondents (broadcasting)
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hosted reporter
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Wire service (broadcasting)
Definition
transport news to headquarter
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Narrow casting
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go after niche(specialize) market
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Difference between broadcasting and narrow casting
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who are you targeting, easier to motorized
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press briefing
Definition
restricted access only, with rules
invitation, confined questions on given subject, controlled/restrict
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press conference
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a free for all
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"on the record"
Definition
tributed to its original interviewee and by names, report+name
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"off the record"
Definition
story reported anonymous or other attribution
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press release
Definition
an offering of an official statement or position
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ombudsman
Definition
people's advocate (people's little helper)
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facts checker
Definition
a journalism that check and make sure the story is correct and accurate
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Opposition researcher (troubleshooting)
Definition
know anything on the opponent in campaign can dig up
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journalism
Definition
profession of collecting and distributing news
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news station
Definition
affiliate, business
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political ideology
Definition
coherence about the values and belief about the gov.
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conservatism
Definition
GOP republican party, elephant mascot, privet sector (individual), small gov't, fiscal responsibility, balance budget, love tax cuts, high national defense/security
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liberalism
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democratic party, donkey mascot, liberties, public sector, big government, big program-social/welfare,"safety net" to ladder of success, high environmental/economy(domestic issues)
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libertarianism
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0 political party, small government, hate taxes, laissez-faire, fiercely competitive/frugal, global/free market economy in crisis=money
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populism
Definition
big government-liberties, promote traditional values and belief, individual, 0 political parties
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exit poll
Definition
inaccurate, can often be messed with, made up
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tracking poll
Definition
conduct many times, #1 self-destruct mechanism in american politic today
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push poll
Definition
with ulterior motive, design to get between the candidate and push them away
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public opinion poll
Definition
public survey
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scientific poll
Definition
18 months to 3 years, impractical
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unscientific poll (straw polls)
Definition
relies on media
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501 (C)(3)(NPO)
Definition
no political candidates, no political issues, have FEC laws
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501 (C)(4)(political action committee)
Definition
have political candidates, no political issues have FEC laws
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527 political committee
Definition
no political candidates, have political issues
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interest group
Definition
attempt to influence government, similar situated people who share a common goal
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political parties
Definition
try to control government, goes with interest group
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economic interest group
Definition
make members wealthy, economically benefit its member
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public interest group
Definition
just want to do good work, carry out their civic duty
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lobbying
Definition
attempt to influence legislature, executive, and the law itself
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direct lobbying
Definition
a group has a meeting with government face to face
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grass roots lobbying
Definition
when somebody appeals to the people to contact representative in government
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lobbyist
Definition
"hired gun"
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airwar
Definition
battle of ads, competing in advertisement on the web
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faction
Definition
interest group that lost sight of what is in the public interest
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BCRA 2012(Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act)
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banned "soft" money
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hard money
Definition
hard to spend, fully regulated by the FDC, can only be use for election
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Think Tank
Definition
collection of Academic of political scientist and government official past or present, try to get together to solve political problems
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revolving door
Definition
movement of people into government of private sector, #1 problem for Texas
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Graying of the American Workforce
Definition
#1 problem of the economy government
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free rider problem
Definition
members does not want to contribute
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baby boomers
Definition
from 1964 76.9 million Americans
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positive ads
Definition
talks about your candidate
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negative ads
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rarely mention the candidate, put opponent in a bad situation
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contrast ads
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splice the positive ads and negative ads together
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inoculation ads
Definition
one party attempts to foresee and neutralize potentially damaging criticism from another party by being the first to confront troublesome issues.
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Northwest ordinance
Definition
determined the rules for becoming a state
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american system
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winner takes all
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european system
Definition
proportional winner gets majority
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frontloading
Definition
making themselves look better
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