AP Government - Chapter 7 Flashcards

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