True or False: Public opinion influences the actions of public officials
What is true
100
All the various methods of communication that reach large numbers of people. Includes television, radio, Internet, newspapers, magazines, books, recordings, and movies
What is mass media
100
What is an interest group?
A group of people that share a common point of view on a certain issue
100
What is propaganda?
What is an advertisement designed to manipulate one's actions and opinions
100
Media is best know for it's _______________ function.
What is agenda setting
200
What are the three features of public opinion
What is direction, intensity, and stability
200
What are the three roles of the media?
What is gatekeeper, business, and watchdog
200
What do people hope to gain from joining an interest group?
To increase their influence on public policy
200
What are the seven propaganda techniques?
Stacked Cards, Endorsement, Just Plain Folks, Name-Calling, Bandwagon, Symbolism/ Transfer, and Glittering Generality
200
Questions in push polls are designed to be what?
Purposely biased to elicit specific responses
300
The characteristic of public opinion that considers if an opinion is negative or positive?
What is direction
300
What is the way the media influences the public agenda?
What is giving attention/publicity to certain issues
300
Interest groups can influence government by?
What is lobbying or pressuring
300
Which technique of propaganda, attempts to make the voter feel the candidate is just like them?
What is just plain folks
300
This may ensure a phone call, a meeting or even a favorable vote from a congressman.
What is a big campaign contribution
400
What are the three sources of public opinion?
What is personal background, the media, and interest groups
400
To win a lawsuit against people who have published harmful and false information about them government officials must prove?
What is malice
400
An organization that raises money privately to influence elections or legislation, especially at the federal level.
What is a Political Action Committee (PAC)
400
A negative ad against an opposing candidate would use what type of propaganda?
What is name-calling
400
The act of convincing a governmental official into voting or making decisions on behalf of the individual and the group they represent.
What is lobbying
500
What is public opinion?
The attitude that an individual has towards government, the issues, elected officials, and the candidates
500
Short video clips of approximately 15 seconds. Typically all that is shown from a politician's speech or activities on the nightly news
What is a sound bite
500
A person concerned about the environment would belong to which type of interest group?
What is a public-interest group
500
Which propaganda technique would use a vague phrase or word?
What is glittering generality
500
Which type of media is subject to the most controls and regulations by government?