| media | tools used to store and deliver information or data
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| infotainment | news shows that combine entertainment and news, a hybrid of the words information and entertainment
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| framing | the process by which the media set a context that helps people understand important events and matters of shared interest
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| public agenda | the public issues that most demand the attention of government officials
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| priming | bringing certain policies on issues to the public agenda through media coverage
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| letter to the editor | a letter in which a reader responds to a story in a newspaper, knowing that the letter might be published in that paper
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| penny press | newspapers that sold for a penny in the 1830s
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| journalism | the practice of gathering and reporting events
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| yellow journalism | irresponsible, sensationalist approach to news reporting, so named after the yellow ink used in the "Yellow Kid" cartoons in the New York World
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| muckraking | criticism and exposés of corruption in government and industry by journalists at the turn of the twentieth century
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| new media | cable television, the Internet, blogs, and satellite technology
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| fireside chats | President Franklin Roosevelt's radio addresses to the country
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| talk radio | a format featuring conversations and interviews about topics of interest, along with call-ins from listeners
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| fairness doctrine | requirement that stations provide equal time to all parties regarding important public issues and equal access to airtime to all candidates for public office
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| narrowcasting | the practice of aiming media content at specific segments of the public
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| media segmentation | the breaking down of the media according to the specific audiences they target
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| telegenic | the quality of looking good on TV
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| digital divide | the inequality of access to computers and Internet connections
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| bandwidth | the amount of data that can travel through a network in a given time period
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| vblog | a video Weblog
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| prosumers | individuals who simultaneously consume information and news and produce information in the form of videos, blogs, and Web sites
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| e-campaigning | the practice of mobilizing voters using the Internet
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| blogosphere | a community, or social network, of bloggers
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| netroots | the Internet-centered political efforts on behalf of candidates and causes
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| convergence | the merging of various forms of media, including newspapers, television stations, radio networks, and blogs, under one corporate roof and one set of business and editorial leaders
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| Net neutrality | the idea that Internet traffic—e-mail, Web site content, videos, and phone calls—should flow without interference or discrimination by those who own or run the Internet pipeline
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