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Down: 1) conduct or language that incites rebellion against the authority of a state2) veiw of the media's impact as substantial occurring by agenda setting, framing, and priming3) veiw of the medias impact as marginal, since most people seek news reports to reinforce beliefs already held rather than to develop new ones6) source of news geared towards a less politically attentive audience, offering less substantive and more entertaining coverage than hard news.7) information journalists gather from individuals that provides valuable context for a story9) ability of the media to influence public perception of issues by constructing the issue or discussion of a subject in a certain way10) government restrictions on freedom of the press that rpevent material from being published11) extreme veiw of the media's role in society argueing that the press serves the interest of the government only, driving what the public thinks about important issues13) 1798 act that made it a crim to critize the government and was later appealed16) ordinary individuals of news organizations and with no formal journalistic training who play active roles in reporting the news or commentating on current events primarily through the internet and weblogs17) process whereby people secure information from sources that agree with them thus reinforcing their belifs22) short for weblog, a website where people post news commentary pictures video and other information to share with other users23) collective term for political and nonpolitical blogs that can be used to gauge public opinion on many political issues25) process whereby the media influence how the public veiws politicians by emphasizing criteria that make them look either good or bad26) newspapers sold for a penny intitiating an era in which the press began to rely on circulation and advertising for income and not on political parties28) colloquial expression for journalists goal of breaking a news story providing original and important information to the public31) publishing false and damaging statements about another person Across: 1) breif snippets of information that stress, short, catchy, substantive over substantive analysis4) information a journalist aquires from interveiws that though not intended for publication, can be useful in setting a context for important news reports5) media format dominated by conservative commentators that has become vital gateway in disseminating political issues and events to millions8) supreme court case establishing that prood of actual malice is required to convict in a libel suit12) form of governmemnt in which citizens are subjected to the complete power of one individual or a select veiw usually through some oppressive measure14) news stories focused less on facts and policies than on sensationalizing secondary issues or on less serious subjects of the entertainment world15) supreme court case that declared that only in exceptionally rare cases can the government prevent the printing of a news story18) journalistic practice of investigative reporting that seeks to uncover corruption and wrongdoing19) subset of the mass media that provide the news of the day, gathered and reported by journalists20) ability of the media to affect the way people veiw issue, people, or events by controlling which stories are shown and which are not21) process whereby partisans interpret the same information differently24) executive branch agency charged with regulating and overseeing radio televison and electronic broadcasting27) structure and design of media through which people obtain information about politcis or other current events29) radio addresses by the president FDR that were the first regular communication from a president to a large portion over substantive analysis30) supreme court test for libel of a public figure in which the plaintiff must prove that the publisher knew the material was false or acted with reckless disreguard of whether it was true or false32) style of journalism in the late nineteeth century characterized by sensationalism intended to capture reader's attention and increase circulation33) 1971 supreme court case (ny times v united states) permitting publication of classified documents on the vietnam war and thus favoring freedom of the press over the executive authority of the president34) political news coverage traditionally found in the printed press that is more fact based opposed to more interpretive narratives and commentary35) state in which politicians are sheltered from public scrutiny and uncontrolled situations36) another term for the news media or journalists, both of which provide information to the public about political events37) News sources, including newspapers, television, radio, and the internet, whose purpose is to provide a large audience with information about the nation and the world38) series of essays written by james madison, alexander hamilton and john jay argueing for the ratification of the constitution; today a leading source for understanding the constitution
 

 

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