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| 7446323055 | high-tech politics | a politics in which the behavior of citizens and policymakers and the political agenda itself are increasingly shaped by technology | 0 | |
| 7446323056 | mass media | television, radio, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and other means of popular communication | 1 | |
| 7446323057 | media events | events purposely staged for the media that nonetheless look spontaneous. In keeping with politics as theater, media events can be staged by individuals, groups, and government officials, especially presidents. *effective communication through media is key to political success* | 2 | |
| 7446323058 | press conference | meetings of public officials with reporters | 3 | |
| 7446323059 | investigative journalism | the use of in-depth reporting to unearth scandals, scams, and schemes, at times putting reporters in adversarial relationships with political leaders | 4 | |
| 7446323060 | print media | newspapers and magazines | 5 | |
| 7446323061 | broadcast media | television and radio | 6 | |
| 7446323062 | narrowcasting | media programming on cable TV or the internet that is focused on one topic and aimed at a particular audience. (Ex: MTV, ESPN, C-SPAN) | 7 | |
| 7446323063 | chains | newspapers published by massive media conglomerates that account for over four-fifths of the nation's daily newspaper circulation. (often control broadcast media) | 8 | |
| 7446323064 | beats | specific locations from which news frequently emanates, such as Congress or the White House. Most reporters work at a particular beat, thereby becoming specialists on what goes on at that location | 9 | |
| 7446323065 | trial balloons | an intentional news leak for the purpose of assessing political reaction | 10 | |
| 7446323066 | sound bites | short video clips of approximately 10 seconds. (typically they are all that is shown from a politician's speech on the nightly television news) | 11 | |
| 7446323067 | talking head | a shot of a person's face talking directly to the camera (the media rarely shows a politician talking one on one with someone, it's not appealing to the audience) | 12 | |
| 7446323068 | policy agenda | the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actively involved in politics at the time | 13 | |
| 7446323069 | policy entrepreneurs | people who invest their political "capital" in an issue | 14 | |
| 7446323070 | Richard Nixon | those who listened to the 1960 presidential debate thought _____ had won | 15 | |
| 7446323071 | Lyndon Johnson | president who used the media to convince the American people that they were winning the Vietnam War | 16 | |
| 7446323072 | John Kennedy | those who watched the 1960 presidential debate thought _______ had won | 17 | |
| 7446323073 | Nixon | In order to save his reputation in 1950, _____ used a heartwarming tale about Checkers the dog | 18 | |
| 7446323074 | declined | After events like Watergate and the Vietnam War debacle, the people's trust in the government has ________ considerably. | 19 | |
| 7446323075 | key linkage institution | The media can be seen as a ___ _______ ___________ between the people and the government. | 20 |
