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| 6682624919 | high-tech politics | a politics in which the behavior of citizens and policymakers and the political agenda itself are increasingly shaped by technology | 0 | |
| 6682624920 | mass media | television, radio, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and other means of popular communication | 1 | |
| 6682624921 | 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 | |
| 6682624922 | press conference | meetings of public officials with reporters | 3 | |
| 6682624923 | 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 | |
| 6682624924 | print media | newspapers and magazines | 5 | |
| 6682624925 | broadcast media | television and radio | 6 | |
| 6682624926 | 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 | |
| 6682624927 | 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 | |
| 6682624928 | 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 | |
| 6682624929 | trial balloons | an intentional news leak for the purpose of assessing political reaction | 10 | |
| 6682624930 | 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 | |
| 6682624931 | 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 | |
| 6682624932 | policy agenda | the issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actively involved in politics at the time | 13 | |
| 6682624933 | policy entrepreneurs | people who invest their political "capital" in an issue | 14 | |
| 6682624934 | Richard Nixon | those who listened to the 1960 presidential debate thought _____ had won | 15 | |
| 6682624935 | Lyndon Johnson | president who used the media to convince the American people that they were winning the Vietnam War | 16 | |
| 6682624936 | John Kennedy | those who watched the 1960 presidential debate thought _______ had won | 17 | |
| 6682624939 | key linkage institution | The media can be seen as a ___ _______ ___________ between the people and the government. | 18 |
