Quizlet AP Gov - Chapter 7

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  1. beats: Specific locations from which news frequently emanates, such as Congress or the White House.
  2. broadcast media: Television and radio
  3. chains: Massive media conglomerates that control newspapers
  4. high-tech politics: A politics in which the behavior of citizens and policymakers, as well as the political agenda itself, is increasingly shaped by technology.
  5. investigative journalism: The use of detective-like reporting methods to unearth scandals.
  6. mass media: Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and other means of popular communication.
  7. media event: Events purposely staged for the media that nonetheless look spontaneous.
  8. narrowcasting: Media programming on TV or the Internet that is focused on one topic and aimed at a particular audience
  9. policy agenda: The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actively involved in politics at the time.
  10. policy entrepreneurs: People who invest their political "capital" in an issue.
  11. press conferences: Meetings of public officials with reporters.
  12. print media: Newspapers and magazines
  13. sound bites: Short video clips of approximately 15 seconds; typically all that is shown from a politician's speech or activities on the nightly television news.
  14. talking head: A shot of a person's face talking directly to the camera
  15. trial balloons: An international news leak for the purpose of assessing the political reaction