allowed telegraphic dissemination of information to newspapers editors on a systematic basis
What is the Associated Press?
100
this group was repelled by what it called “yellow journalism”
What is the middle class?
100
No one may operate a radio or television station without a license from
What is the FCC?
100
license renewable every seven years for
What is radio?
100
heads a large staff that meets with reporters, briefs the president on questions that he is likely to be asked, attempts to control the flow of news from cabinet departments to the press, and arranges briefings for out-of-town editors
What is the press secretary?
200
violence, romance, and patriotism, coupled with exposés of government, politics, business, and society
What are examples of patriotism?
200
this format came on the national scene in the 1920s
What is radio?
200
in 1996, this allowed one company to own as many as eight stations in large markets (five in smaller ones) and as many as it wished nationally
What is the Telecommunications Act?
200
stories that cover major political events that will be covered by many reporters and that involve relatively simple matters
What are routine stories?
200
cover events that, though public, a reporter has to seek out because they are not routinely covered by the press
What are feature stories?
300
ABC, CBS, and NBC
What are the Big 3 networks?
300
is routinely covered by radio and television
What is the president?
300
lessened to the extent to which the federal government shapes the content of broadcasting
What is deregulation?
300
the national media keeps track of and help make political reputations, note who is “mentioned” as a presidential candidate
What is scorekeeper?
300
license renewable every five years for
What are television stations?
400
this group has turned away from political news
What are young people?
400
this percentage of Americans used the Internet to get political news about the 2010 midterm election
What is more than 50%?
400
covering a campaign based on guesses about who is ahead rather than on candidates’ positions on the issues
What is horse-race journalism?
400
covers things that are often secret
What are insider stories?
400
what the official says can be used but may not be attributed to him or her by name
What is on background?
500
the average sound bite- a video clip of a presidential contender speaking- dropped from about 42 seconds in 1968 to _______ seconds in 2000
What is 7.3?
500
the national media can influence what subjects become national political issues and for how long
What is gatekeeper?
500
Some people will be influenced by what they read or hear, but others will not be. There is a well-known psychological process called
What is selective attention?
500
was the first president to raise the systematic cultivation of the press to an art form
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
500
the media have an instinctive- and profitable- desire to investigate personalities and expose scandals