AP Gov Ch 13 - Alyssa Rosales

Question 1

mass media

Answer 1

The mass media is a diversified collection of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication.

Question 2

news media

Answer 2

The news media or news industry are forms of mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public. These include print media, broadcast news, and more recently the Internet.

Question 3

yellow journalism

Answer 3

Yellow journalism and the yellow press are American terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales.

Question 4

muckraking

Answer 4

the action of searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people in an underhanded way.

Question 5

press release

Answer 5

a document offering an official comment or position

Question 6

press briefing

Answer 6

a relatively restricted session between a press secretary and

Question 7

press conference

Answer 7

a media event in which newsmakers invite journalists to hear them speak and, most often, ask questions

Question 8

media effects

Answer 8

refers to the many ways individuals and society may be influenced by both news and entertainment mass media, including film, television, radio, newspapers, books, magazines, websites, video games, and music.

Question 9

agenda setting

Answer 9

Agenda-setting theory describes the “ability to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public agenda”. With agenda setting being a social science theory, it also attempts to make predictions.

Question 10

framing

Answer 10

the power of the media to influence how events and issues are interpreted

Question 11

on the record

Answer 11

officially measured and noted.

Question 12

off the record

Answer 12

not made as an official or attributable statement.

Question 13

on background

Answer 13

usually means that a reporter can use the information you give them, but cannot name or quote you directly.

Question 14

deep background

Answer 14

o mean that the information may not be included in the article but is used by the journalist to enhance his or her view of the subject matter, or to act as a guide to other leads or sources.

Question 15

prior restraint

Answer 15

Prior restraint is censorship imposed, usually by a government or institution, on expression, that prohibits particular instances of expression

Question 16

content regulations

Answer 16

A regulation of speech or expression that is based on the substance of the message being communicated, rather than just the manner or method in which the message being expressed.

Question 17

equal time rule

Answer 17

The equal-time rule specifies that U.S. radio and television broadcast stations must provide an equivalent opportunity to any opposing political candidates who request it.

Question 18

right of rebuttal

Answer 18

The Right of Rebuttal Rule states that a person who is attacked on public television or radio must be given a chance to respond to the attack on the air.

Question 19

narrowcasting

Answer 19

the transmission of television programs, especially by cable, to a comparatively localized or specialist audience.

Question 20

citizen journalists

Answer 20

The concept of citizen journalism is based upon public citizens “playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news and information.”