Chapter 1 voc

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Partisan press

Early American newspaper that aligned them self's with one political party.

penny press

News paper, from the mid 19th century, that were filled with news and read by a mass audience, included adverting and sold for a penny

Wire Service

A service that provides for a fee, news from around, news from around the world to publications that subscribe to it

Yellow journalism

journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.

Muckraking

the action of searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people in an underhanded way.

Shock Jock

a disc jockey on a talk-radio show who expresses opinions in a deliberately offensive or provocative way. Translate shock jock to

global village

the world, especially considered as the home of all nations and peoples living interdependently.

Computer-assisted reporting

the use of various news databases and other resources on the internet to facilitate the gathering of certain kinds of news information