This part of an interest group can be organized separately and is responsible for raising money and donating campaign contributions to candidates running for office.
What is a Political Action Committee?
100
Something tangible, like discounts, that is provided by an interest group when individuals become dues paying members.
What is a material benefit.
100
Why Infotainment tends to dominate media programming in the U.S..
What is market-driven journalism.
100
News coverage in this era of journalism is distinguished by a pronounced shift to entertainment.
What is the Era of Infotainment.
100
The Sierra Club is an example of this type of interest group.
What is a public interest group.
200
This type of money is tightly regulated by the federal government. There are strict limits on the amount that may be given to candidates by individuals and Political Action Committees
What is hard money.
200
When people join an interest group, they get an outlet for expressing their political views.
What is a purposive benefit.
200
This age bracket is MOST likely to access the news on a daily basis.
What is 65 years and older.
200
This era is marked by investigative journalism in which the media have a very critical posture towards government.
What is Watchdog Journalism.
200
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is an example of this type of interest group.
What is a private interest group.
300
This kind of campaign money is NOT regulated by the federal government, but may not be given directly to a candidate running for office.
What is soft money.
300
This kind of interest group activity gets members of the interest group actively involved in the political process.
What is grassroots lobbying.
300
The main source where most Americans get their news on a typical day.
What is television.
300
This era saw the development of consistent standards for reporting the news, along with a code of ethics.
What is the Professional Era?
300
This type of interest group has 62% of lobbyists on capitol hill.
What are business organizations?
400
This type of interest group is tax-exempt and largely unregulated by the federal government. But they may only engage in issue advocacy, and not candidate advocacy.
What is a 527 organization.
400
People with this level of socioeconomic status are most likely to joint interest groups.
What is high socioeconomic status? (Individuals with at least some college and higher income levels.).
400
The false news story about the U.S.S. Maine is an example of this type of journalism?
What is yellow journalism.
400
This kind of early investigative journalism exposed government corruption and led to important political and social reforms.
What is muckraking?
400
Refers to advertising purchased by a political campaign to advocate for a specific candidate or cause.
What is paid media?
500
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down this law's ban on soft money.
What is the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)?
500
This kind of interest group activity involves direct influence over policy making by providing current and meaningful information to legislators.
What is lobbying.
500
States that the duty of the journalist is to ...seek truth and provide a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues.
What is Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics.
500
In this period, political parties had their own newspapers.
What is Partisan Press Era.
500
Information presented by the media which has the power to influence the way people judge or evaluate other issues.