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A is staged primarily for the purpose of being covered.  

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A person who invests his or her political capital in an issue is called a .  

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In place of hearing complete speeches, Americans now hear of fifteen seconds or less on television news.  

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Often policymakers will feed stories to reporters in the form of to see what the political reaction will be.  

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President Franklin Roosevelt was a master of media politics and promised two a week.  

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Seeing a (a shot of a person's face talking directly to the camera) is boring to most television viewers.  

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Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and other means of popular communication are called .  

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Government officials and people outside of government who are closely associated with those officials pay close attention to , which is a list of subjects or problems.  

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The media's mission has moved toward as cable TV and the Internet focus more and more on one topic and aim at a particular audience.  

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The use of detective-like reporting methods to unearth scandals is called .  

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