Brooke-The News Media

Question 1

agenda setting

Answer 1

The power of the media through news coverage to focus the public’s attention and concern on particular events, problems, issues, personalities, and so on.

Question 2

citizen journalists

Answer 2

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

Question 3

content regulations

Answer 3

government attempts to regulate the substance of the mass media.

Question 4

deep background

Answer 4

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 5

equal time rule

Answer 5

the rule that requires broadcast stations to sell air time equally to all candidates in a political campaign if they choose to sell it to any.

Question 6

framing

Answer 6

the process by which a news organization defines a political issue and consequently affects opinion about the issue.

Question 7

mass media

Answer 7

the entire array of organizations through which information is collected and disseminated to the general public.

Question 8

muckraking

Answer 8

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

Question 9

media effects

Answer 9

the influence of news sources on public opinion.

Question 10

news media

Answer 10

defined as an umbrella term for all the sources and presentation of news and information, including: TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, web pages and blogs.

Question 11

narrowcasting

Answer 11

targeting media programming at specific populations within society.

Question 12

off the record

Answer 12

not made as an official or attributable statement.

Question 13

on background

Answer 13

information provided to a journalist that will not be attributed to a named source.

Question 14

on the record

Answer 14

used in reference to the making of an official or public statement.

Question 15

press briefing

Answer 15

a relatively restricted session between a press secretary or aide and the press.

Question 16

press conference

Answer 16

an unrestricted session between an elected official and the press.

Question 17

press release

Answer 17

a document offering an official comment.

Question 18

prior restraint

Answer 18

judicial suppression of material that would be published or broadcast, on the grounds that it is libelous or harmful. In US law, the First Amendment severely limits the ability of the government to do this.

Question 19

right of rebuttal

Answer 19

a form of evidence that is presented to contradict or nullify other evidence that has been presented by an adverse party.

Question 20

yellow journalism

Answer 20

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.