Media-Chapter 12

312668000	Sound Bite	A brief statement no longer than a few seconds used on a radio or television broadcast
312668001	Blog	A series or log, of discussion items on a page of the World Wide Web
312668002	Equal Time Rule	An FCC rule that if a broadcaster sells time to one candidate, it must sell time to the other.
312668003	Gatekeeper	Role of media which involves influencing what subjects become national poilitical issues and for how long.
312668004	Trial Balloon	Tests the public reaction to policy or appointments by releasing information to the media and gaugin public reaction
312668005	Loaded Language	words that imply a value judgment, used to persuade a reader without having made a serious argument
312668006	Routine Stories	public events regularly covered by reporters
312668007	Featured Stories	media stories about events that, though public, are not regularly covered by reporters
312668008	Insider stories	media stories about events that are not usually made public
312668009	Selective Attention	paying attention only to those news stories with which one already agrees
312668010	Adversarial Press	The tendency of the national media to be suspicious of officials and eager to reveal unflattering stories about them.
312668011	off the record	information from an official that cannot be printed
312668012	On the record	information from a government official who can be quoted by name
312668013	On backround	Information from an official that can be printed but not attributed to the official by name.
312668014	On deep backround	Information from an official that can be printed but not attributed at all.
312668015	FCC	The government agency charged with regulating the electronic media
312668016	Open Secrets Act	British legislation to punish officials who divulge private government business
312668017	Associated Press	An organization founded for the telegraphic dissemination of news in 1848
312668018	Yellow journalism	sensationalist journalism
312668019	Scorekeeper	The role the press plays by keeping track of and helping make political reputations, note who is being mentioned as a presidential candidate, and help decide who is winning and losing in Washington politics.
312668020	Telecommunication Act of 1996	allows one company to own as many as eight radio stations in large markets (five in smaller ones) and as many as it wishes nationally
312668021	reckless disregard	A court standard for finding the media guilty of libeling officials
312668022	Freedom of Information Act	U.S. legislation guaranteeing citizens access to certain government documents.
312668023	Market television	an area easily reached by one television signal
312668024	Canned News	press releases or other news items prepared for reporters
312668025	Visuals	filmed stories for evening television news
312668026	White House Press Corps	Reporters regularly assigned to cover the president.
312668027	Fairness Doctrine	A principle that formerly obligated broadcasters to present both sides of an issue.
312668028	Attack Journalism	journalism that seizes on information that might question the character or qualifications of a public official
312668029	Community needs	an official criterion for the renewal of broadcast licenses