CPS Vocab: Chapter 7

A politics in which the behavior of citizens, policymakers and the policy agenda are increasingly shaped by technology

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

Events that are purposely staged for the media and that are significant just because the media are there

Meetings of public officials with reporters

The use of in-depth reporting to unearth scandals, scams, and schemes, at times putting reporters in adversarial relationships with political leaders

Newspapers and magazines, as compared with electronic media

TV, radio, and the internet, as compared with print media

US government agency charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable

Media programming on cable TV (ie. MTV, ESPN, C-SPAN, etc.) or the Internet that is focused on a particular audience, in contrast to broadcasting

The process through which people consciously choose to get the news from information sources that have viewpoints compatible with their own

Groups of newspapers published by media conglomerates and today accounting for over 4/5 of the nations daily newspaper circulation (think: fast foods but newspapers)

Specific locations from which news frequently emanates, such as Congress or the White House

Intentional news leaks for the purpose of assessing the political reaction

Short video clips of approximately 10 seconds They’re typically all that’s shown from a politician’s speech on the nightly television news

A shot of a person’s face talking directly to the camera. Because these shots are visually unstimulating, the major networks rarely show politicians talking for very long

Issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actively involved in politics at the time

People who invest their political “capitol” in an issue. Could be… - in or out of gov’m’t - elected or appointed officials - in interest or research groups/organizations

A form of watchdog reporting in which the media is skeptical or hostile toward government or public officials

FCC requirement that broadcasters must provide candidates for the same political office equal opportunities to communicate their message to the public

Partisan media environments in which users are exposed primarily to opinions and information that conform to their existing beliefs

The process of presenting information from a certain perspective in order to shape the audience’s understanding of that information Think of a picture - you want to make it look a certain way, so you….

False, inaccurate, or misleading information in the media - social media

The process of calling attention to some issues and not others when reporting on political events and officials (prepping the public for a certain outcome - think 2020 election [helped Biden, harmed Trump]

FCC requirement that gives individuals the ability to respond to personal attacks that are made on radio or television