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Is readership increasing/decreasing?

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Decreasing- outlets being bought by large corporations

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Is fragmentation/specialization increasing/decreasing?

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Increasing- multiple options that cover different things

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Is access to information increasing/decreasing?

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increasing- pros and cons to credibility

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What media is most trusted?

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TV

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What’s the main goal of media?

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Make money

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What affect does separation of powers have on media?

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More likely to have leaks of information

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Order of media coverage

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executive-legislative-judical

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How is media a linkage institutions?

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links candidates more directly to people; middleman between gov and people

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Descriptive to Investigative

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used to report on policies not scenes

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“Watch dog” role of media?

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media exposing scandals and schemes

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Spin?

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tell story from certain perspective to make someone look good

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Watergate?

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pushed to talk about more than just politics

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Who’s the target audience?

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Used to be elites who could actually read it; now its for the masses

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Can gov regulate print or Electronic more?

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Electronic- freedom of press limits on print

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Symbiotic relationship btwn president and media

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Both benefit- president get coverage, media makes money

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Preferred position doctrine and media(electronic vs print)

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1st amendment protects freedom of press- electronic is arguably not press

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Trail Balloon

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float a policy in public to see how much support it would get

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Gatekeeper

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press puts attention on certain issues- sets agenda for politicians

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Scorekeeper

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media keeps track of and help make political reputations

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Photo Op

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Staged picture for reactions

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Sound Bite

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Short memorable phrase

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22
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Hyper democracy

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to much information-don’t know what to listen to

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Fairness Doctrine

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Equal time to both parties- not legally in effect but still followed

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Horse Race Coverage

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media says whose ahead; doesn’t cover policy

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Adversarial Press
taking stance of opposition to expose perceived wrongdoings
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Narrowcasting
focusing on specific party of policy for a specific audience
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High-Tech politics
people/policymakers and political agenda are influenced by technology
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Media events
purposely planned for media; only important b/c of media
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investigative journalism
reporting on scandals
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FCC
created to regulate media; prevent monopolies, serve public interest, equal airtime, net neutrality
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Net Neutrality
Internet must provide equal access broadcast for all websites
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Most effective on younger generations
infotainment
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selective exposure
chose to get news from sources with similar views
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beats
locations where stories frequently come from
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news media is ...
superficial
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Reporter lean left or right?
left
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talking head
shot talking directly to camera; boring not showed
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Article giving President power
Article 2
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General duty of president?
execute laws
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Roles of President
adjourn congress, foreign policy, make nominations, veto bills, negotiate
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Is foreign or domestic policy more important to people?
Domestic- affects them more
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Formal Qualifications of President
natural born citizen, 35 years old, resident for 14 years
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Informal Qualifications of President
gov experience/military rank, raise money, major party; characteristics- debating, stability, communication
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What does high approval mean?
stronger/more powerful president
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bully pulpit
convince public to believe you- congress has no choice but to listen
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22nd amendment
limited to 2 terms
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25th amendment
rules for disabled president-vice president takes over
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White House office
president picks- small and loyal
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5 parts of executive
president, cabinet, executive office, bureaucracy, White House
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bureaucracy
non-elected governing officials make choices
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cabinet
nominated by president confirmed by senate- only used for expertise- show bias
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Executive Office
NSC, CEA, OMB
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National Security Council
Advise president on national security
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Council of Economic Advisors
Economic report for the year- biased
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Office of Management and Budget
negations for presidents budget- drafted every year
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Balancing-Ticket
Vice president covers for presidents strengths and vis versa; geographical, age and gender, ideological
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Role of VP
Active if they have experience- Inactive if they don't know what there doing
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Chief of State
President- figure head
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Chief of Party
President oversees electoral strategies, issues, and agendas
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Chief Executive
head of government
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Chief Administrator
Director of federal government
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Commander in Chief
head of armed forces
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Chief Citizen
president sets examples as a "perfect" citizen
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Chief Diplomat
carry out negations with foreign leaders
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Chief Legislature
suggest/influence laws, veto
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Faithless elector
vote differently than pledged- unfaithful
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Presidential Succession act of 1947
guidelines for if president "diapers"; vp--> speaker of house--> pro temp. --> cabinet member
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executive order
doesn't go through congress; something need to be done
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executive agreement
treaty, but doesn't go through senate
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pocket veto
congress adjourns in 10 days, and bill dies
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line-item veto
cancel specific parts of a bill
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amnesty
pardon for those convicted of political offense
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commutation
given lesser penalty
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Imperial Presidency
military, geographic, economic superpower
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Senatorial Courtesy
support senator against senators running against them;
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Impoundment
not spending money appropriated by congress
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Executive Privilege
president can withhold documents or information from other branches
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Signing Statement
sign bill into law but president says what they don't like
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Electoral Mandate
voters strongly support president and his policies
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War Powers Resolution
president declares war for 60 days; congress has to grant extension

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