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| Politics in which the behavior of citizens and policymakers and the political agenda itself are increasingly shaped by technology |
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| Television,radio,newspapers,magazines,the Internet, and other means of popular communication |
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| Events purposely staged for the media that nonetheless look spontaneous. In keeping with politics as theater, these events can be staged by individuals, groups, and government officials especially presidents. |
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| Meetings of public officials with reporters. |
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| One of the kinds of media which includes newspapers and magazines |
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| One of the kinds of media which includes television,radio, and the Internet |
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| The use of in-depth reporting to unearth scandals,scams,and schemes, at times putting reporters in adversarial relationships with political leaders |
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| Media programming on cable TV or the Internet that is focused on one topic and aimed at a particular audience. Examples include MTV, ESPN, and C-SPAN |
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| Newspapers published by massive media conglomerates that account for much of the nation's daily circulation. Often these chains control broadcast media as well |
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| Specific locations from which news frequently emanates, such as Congress or the White House. Most top reporters work a particular one of these, thereby becoming specialists in what goes on at that location |
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| An intentional news leak for the purpose of assessing the political reaction |
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| Short video clips of approximately 10 seconds. Typically, they are all that is shown from a politician's speech on the nightly television news. |
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| A shot of a person's face talking directly to the camera. Because this is visually unappealing, the major commercial networks rarely show a politician talking one-on-one for very long |
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| The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actively involved in politics at the time |
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| People who invest their political "capital" in an issue. According to John Kingdon, this person "could be in or out of government, in elected or appointed positions, in interest groups or research organizations. |
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