Influencing Gov.
A person or group whose job it is to influence elected officials
What is lobbyist(s)?
To promote the wants and needs of a specific group
What is advocate?
Media that uses carefully-crafted messages to manipulate people's actions and beliefs
What is propaganda?
Focuses on topics that affect the general public, like education, the environment, and politics
What is public interest?
What is name calling?
While interest groups have the potential to "capture" the government, the government cannot ban their formation because doing so would violate the ______ amendment
What is the 1st amendment? (right to assembly, and right to petition the government)
One sided messages that favor one group or view point over another
What is bias?
Propaganda that creates the impression that there is widespread support for a thing or idea, uses peer pressure. (ex: Old Navy Ad, I want to be like THOSE kids!)
What is bandwagon?
Promotes the economic interests of their members in business, labor, and trade organizations
What is economic interest groups?
When speaking, it describes the emotion or feeling the person is using
What is tone?
A registered group that can donate money to politicians
What is a PAC? (Political Action Committee)
Officially supporting a product or idea
What is endorsing?
The propaganda technique that is designed to send the message that a product or person is "just like you." (ex: Senator John Fetterman, PA Football Player)
What is "Plain Folks?"
Advocates for people in a particular profession, such as doctors, lawyers, and/or teachers
What is professional interest groups?
Brief, memorable audio snippets that can appear in news reports or be posted online
What is sound bites?
The interest group we watched a video about that protects gun rights and gun ownership and is a very powerful and influential lobbyist on our government
What is the National Rifle Association?
The stand the government takes about a problem or an idea for improvement
What is public policy?
Type of propaganda that uses celebrities or other respected people officially supporting a product or idea (ex: Nike Shoes Ad, LeBron James)
What is a testimonial?
Promotes policies based on a set of core political or religious beliefs
What is ideological interest groups?
Using facts and figures (#'s) to show one side as only positive and the other side as only negative
What is card stacking?
The largest interest group in the United States
What is the United States Chamber of Commerce?
The collection of opinions or attitudes of a population
What is public opinion?
The propaganda technique that uses your feelings about one thing to get you to feel the same way about something else. (ex: President Reagan standing in front of a GIANT American flag)
What is transfer?
Focuses on one narrow topic, such as immigration or drunk driving
What is single-issue interest groups
This propaganda technique always shows the subject of the message in a positive light, but provides little or no information (ex: Kamala Harris speech)
What is glittering generalities?