Document that declared American independence from Britain.
What is Declaration of Independence
100
Media Gatekeepers
What is media execs who decide what news to present in time/space available. (Cough, Rupert Murdoch.)
100
News Media and Congress
What is Congress does not get as much media coverage as the president. (Esp outside of their state).
100
Freedom of Speech
What are basic rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.
100
Constitution
What is a document that defines a framework for government.
200
FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
What is independent regulatory agency insulated from direct control by president and Congress.
200
Federal Regulation of Broadcast Media
What are the technical, structural, and content based rules set and enforced by the FCC.
200
Interest Groups and News Media
What relationship describes the ability of interest groups to try to get media coverage for themselves and their causes, even staging protests or other media events.
200
Limitations on Freedom of Speech
What is court upheld laws that limit the exercise of free speech.
200
Limited Gov't.
What is the idea that power of government is limited to those powers the people have granted it.
300
Media Events
What is news events staged by a candidate, official, or interest group to get the attention of the media or influence media coverage.
300
News Media and the President (relationship)
What allows the president to enjoy unequaled access to national news media and unequaled media coverage.
300
Article I, U.S. Constitution
What creates a bicarmel legislature, the U.S. Congress.
300
How Interest Groups Use Litigation
What is to block an agency's action, or in some cases, force an agency to take action to enforce a law.
300
Autocracy
What is rule by one person.
400
Sound-Bite Journalism
What refers to tendency of broadcast media to cover most stories in a minute or two.
400
Press Corps
What allows news organizations to maintain reporters to uncover news and report it; constitute the press corps.
400
Leaks to News Media
What is unauthorized releases of information to the news media by officials.
400
How Interest Groups Build Public Support
What is try to bring attention to an issue or story in a way that they believe will resonate with the public.
400
Republic
What is a country with no monarch and some type of representative government under a constitution.
500
Horse-Race Journalism
What is the tendency of media to focus on which candidate is winning, no on issues of an election.
500
Off the Record/ On the Record
What is mutually agreed rule between newsmakers and reporters to protect identity of official and/or limit what can be reported.
500
New York Times v Sullivan (1964)
In what case did the court hold that libel laws cannot be used to inhibit what should be a robust and wide open debate on public issues.
500
Regulation of Interest Groups
What is Political Action Committees (PACs) of interest groups to support endorsed candidates are subject to campaign finance laws and regulation by FEC.
500
Elite Theory
What is a small group of people identified by wealth or political power, who rule in their self-interest.