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APGOV: Chapter 7

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Which of the following describes a consequence of the growing concentration of ownership of the new media?
There is increased similarity of network new coverage.
The term "horse-race journalism" refers to the tendency of the media to...
Cover campaigns by emphasizing the relative standings of the candidates in the polls rather than the issues they discuss.
Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, the internet, other means of popular communication
Mass Media
Politics in which the behavior of citizens and policymakers and the political agenda itself are increasingly shaped by tehcnology
Hugh-Tech Politics
What is key to political success?
Effective communication
Events purposely staged for the media that nonetheless look spontaneous
Media events
What is 60% of presidential campaign spending on?
TV ads, 2/3 is negative
Meetings of public officials with reporters, Franklin Roosevelt held over 1,000
Press conference
Use of in-depth reporting to unearth scandals, putting reporters and politicians opposite to each other
Investigative journalism
Newspapers are magazines
Print media
A sensational style of reporting characterized newspapers at the turn of the century
Yellow journalism
Television and radio
Broadcast media
Regulates the use of airwaves in three ways
FCC
How does the FCC regulate use of airwaves
Prevent near monopoly control of market, review performance of stations, fair treatment rules for politicians
Media programming on cable TV or Internet that is focused on one topic and aimed at a particular audience (ESPN, C-SPAN)
Narrowcasting
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