Media
Parties & Campaigns
Interest Groups
Voting & Elections
Vocab. Mash-Up
100
Term that refers to major television, radio, and print publications.
What is Mass Media.
100
Type of party system in the US, dominated by Democrats and Republicans.
What is 2-Party System.
100
Name TWO major interest groups in the US.
What is NRA, AARP, & other acceptable answers.
100
Term that refers to a citizen's right to vote.
What is Suffrage.
100
Government agency that regulates broadcast media.
What is FCC.
200
Name THREE major broadcast media outlets in the US (i.e. not cable).
What is NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, PBS.
200
Name ONE third party in America.
What is Green, Reform, Libertarian, Communist, Constitution, US Taxpayer, etc.
200
Individuals hired by interest groups to make personal contact with legislators in order to achieve policy goals.
What is Lobbyists.
200
Elections held by political parties to choose a party's candidate.
What is Primary.
200
Term that refers to elections in which power is shifted from one political party to the other.
What is Realignment.
300
Large media company that owns multiple sources and news outlets.
What is Media Conglomerate.
300
Term that refers to extreme separation of party ideals; current situation in US politics.
What is Polarization.
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Name THREE types of Interest Groups in the US.
What is Agriculture, Labor, Business, Trade, Equality, Environmental, Consumer & Public Interest.
300
Name THREE amendments to the Constitution that dealt with voting.
What is 15th, 19th, 24th, 26th.
300
Control of news media by one company in a given location.
What is Concentration.
400
Term that refers to sensationalized news; also a news era in US history.
What is Yellow Journalism.
400

DAILY DOUBLE!! Name THREE types of groups that help fund political campaigns.

What is PACs, Super PACs, 527s, 501(c)3s, 501(c)4s, Campaign Committees.

400
Lobbying that occurs at local and community levels; either organized or sporadic (eg. protests).
What is Grassroots Lobbying.
400
Theory that when a President wins election, they have public support to pursue the party platforms and goals.
What is Mandate Theory.
400
FCC regulation regarding non-news broadcast of political candidates.
What is Equal Time Provision.
500
Cheap newspaper industry that existed in the mid-1800s; VERY partisan.
What is Penny Press.
500
The two terms, one for Democrats and one for Republicans, that describes their meetings to vote on policy goals.
What is Caucus & Convention.
500
Briefs filed by "friends of the court" with intentions to influence a judge's decision.
What is amicus curiae.
500
Pattern of significant gains for a party when their candidate wins the Presidency.
What is Coattail Effect.
500
Laws protecting media sources from revealing their sources.
What is Shield Laws.
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