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American Gov. 9th ed
Chapter 10 vocab; Wilson & DiIlulio, Jr. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston NY
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| journalist who searches through the activities of public officials & orgs. seeking to expose conduct contrary to the public interest; first used by Pres. Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 to warn that antibusiness journalism could be excessively negative | muckraker |
| A brief statement no longer than a few seconds used on radio or television news broadcast | sound bite |
| A rule of the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) stating that if a broadcaster sells time to one candidate for office, he/she must be willing to sell equal time to opposing candidates | equal time rule |
| A rule of Federal Communications Committee(FCC) that if a person is attacked on a broadcast (others than in regular news program), that person has the right to reply over that same station | right-of-reply rule |
| A rule of Federal Communications Committee(FCC) that if a broadcaster endorses a candidate, the opposing candidate has a right to reply | political editorializing rule |
| A former rule of the Federal Communications Committee(FCC) that required broadcasters to give time to opposing views if they broadcast a program giving one side of a controversial issue | fairness doctrine |
| An area easily reached by a television signal; about 200 such markets are in the country | market (television) |
| Information provided to the media by an anonymous public official as a way of testing the public reaction to a possible policy or appointment | trial balloon |
| Words that reflect a value judgement, used to persuade the listener w/o making an argument | loaded language |
| Paying attention only to those parts of a newspaper or broadcast story w/ w/c one agrees. Studies suggest that this is how people view political ads on television | selective attention |
| Media reports about public events that are regularly covered by reporters & that involve simple, easily described acts or statements | routine stories |
| Media reports about public events knowable to any reporter who cares to inquire, but involving acts & statements not routinely covered by a group of reporters | feature stories |
| Info. not usually made public that becomes someone w/ inside knowledge tells a reporter; "investigative reporting" or "leak" | insider stories |
| A national press that is suspicious of officialdom & eager to break an embarrassing story about a public official | adversarial press |
| A public official's explanation of current policy provided to the press on the condition that the source remain anonymous | background story (news) |
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