Government Foundations
What is the Articles of Confederations?
This is the Modern era of American media.
What is Infotainment?
On average, this affects political participation the most.
What is Socioeconomic status?
This allows for citizens to respect the government and believe in its power. And is the reason for how America's electoral system was developed.
What is political legitimacy?
The Congress shall have Power
... To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes
What is the commerce clause?
The first ten amendments of the American Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This era began with the busting of Richard Nixon via the Watergate scandal.
What is Watchdog Journalism?
What is partisan loyalty?
This is made up of representatives from each state who cast votes for the president and vice president.
What is the electoral college?
These are outlined in the Bill of rights.
What are civil liberties?
The type of system which America relies upon. It revolves around the concept of checks and balances.
What is Federalism?
This organization changed journalism forever by establishing standards of professionalism and trustworthiness.
What is the Society of Professional Journalism?
These are boycotts, protest, and strikes.
What is unconventional political participation?
This is what winners who are already in office have over their opponents?
What is the incumbency advantage?
Organizations of people that seek to influence government officials and their policies.
What are interest groups?
When the national government provided funding to state and local governments to support public programs designed to create jobs and stimulate the economy.
What is cooperative federalism?
Some people only expose themselves to conformation bias, thus limiting the influence of the media.
What is selective exposure?
This is a method used by politicians to appeal to demographics which they want to persuade to vote for them during the presidential election.
What is balancing the ticket?
Every two years 1/3 of this political establishment is on the ballot.
The type of system which the Unites States uses when voting. It is headed by the Republicans and Democrats.
What is the Two Party system?
This part of the constitution grants the executive branch its power and establishes the electoral college.
What is Article II?
The way media covers events to persuade the way consumers of said media view it.
What is priming?
A term which refers to the degree of civic connectedness within a community or state.
What is social capital?
This is how party candidates for the House of representatives and Senate are chosen.
What are Primary elections?
This amendment protects against several broad categories of protections, from the arrest and detainment to the trial and conviction of the criminally accused.
What is the IV Amendment?