AP Government - Chapter 7 Flashcards

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