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Ch. 10 Mass Media (AP Gov)

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investigative journalism

use of detective-like reporting to unearth scandals, scams and schemes - puts reporters in adversarial relationships with political leaders.

Newspapers and magazines - as compared with broadcast media

broadcast media

Television and radio as compared with print media

Media programming on cable or internet focused on one topic and aimed at a particular audience (MTV, ESPN, C-SPAN)

An intentional news leak for the purpose of assessing the political reaction

Issues that attract the serious attention of public officials

policy entrepreneurs

People who invest their political "capital" in an issue. Political activists. Use press releases, press conferences, letter writing

watchdog function

Journalist's need to debunk public officials and their policy proposals - crusading against foul play and unfairness in government and society

high tech politics

Politics in which behavior of citizens and policymakers and the political agenda are increasingly shaped by technology

television, radio, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and other means of popular communication

Pew Center for the People and the Press

Center that regularly surveys people on their attitudes toward the media's coverage politics; also measures which news events people follow most closely

events purposely staged for the media that look spontaneous - primarily staged for the purpose of being covered

press conference

meetings of public officials with reporters

yellow journalism

Sensational style of reporting that focused on violence, corruption, wars and gossip - ushered in by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst

Specific locations from which news frequently emanates - ex. Congress, White House, Baghdad