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Politics
Government
American Political System
Who Rules America?
The Media
100
It comes from Greek politikos meaning of or relating to citizens.
Where does the word politics come from and what does it mean?
100
In the year of 1776.
In what year did the American colonists rebelled against British?
100
Pluralist model is held by a variety of organizations and institutions such as corporations, political parties, professional parties and etc.
What is pluralist model?
100
Is the media render checks and balances on power like the three government branches.
What is fourth estate?
200
Politics pertains especially to methods and tactics managing a political entity such as a nation or a state as well as the administration and control of its internal and external affairs.
What is politics as a sociological term?
200
Government is the formal organized agency that exercises power and control in modern society.
What is a government?
200
They created the first modern demcracy.
What did the American colonists create?
200
A relatively small number of influential individuals who occupy the top positions within the major economic, political, and military institutions of the country.
What is power elite?
200
By informing the public about the important issues of the day to the American politics.
As what role is media being played in the American politics?
300
We first need to look at the variety of different political systems and study the American system of democracy.
What do we need to look to understand the relationship between citizens and their particular political environment?
300
They are vested as the power and authority to make laws and enforce them.
What are governments vested as?
300
They are interested in the social factors such as age, education, religion, or ethnic background.
What are sociologists are usually interested in?
300
They are organizations formed expressly to raise and spend money in order to influence elected officials and public opinion.
What is special interest groups?
300
High profile people who interpret political information for us.
What is opinion leaders?
400
Then, we will need to examine elections and voting, lobbies and special interest groups, and the role of the media in the political process.
What do we need t look at after looking at the different political systems and American system of democracy?
400
Power is the ability to to get others to do one's bidding.
What is power?
400
They focus on all this because their age, religion, and education influence whether and individuals vote.
Why is it important for sociologists to focus on age, religion education and etc?
400
The are organizations designed to raise money to support the interests of a select group organization.
What is political action committees?
400
A simulation that becomes as good as the original.
What is simulacrum?
500
Politics is covered in four articles in this chapter.
In how many articles is politics covered in this chapter?
500
Authority is the legitimate, noncoercive exercise of power.
What is authority?
500
The voter turnout rate was typically calculated by dividing the total numbers of votes by the "voting-age population" everyone aged eighteen and older residing in the United States.
What happened to the 2004 election?
500
BAMPAC stand for Black America Political Action Committee.
What does BAMPAC stand for?
500
They play news anchors who cover the latest current events, talk with reporters in the field and conduct live in-studio interviews with newsmakers.
What do Stewart and Colbert do?