Unit 2 Govnt. Test
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- what affect does media coverage of political officials, influence their decisions or behaviors?
- see what people think first
- Public opinion polls can weaken democracy by....
- drawing out issues, predicting wrong outcomes
- CT: Describe the major influences on one's political socialization, and how this comes about.
- ??
- The united states constitution requires that the government conduct an actual enumeration (census) of the population every....
- 10 years
- CT: What role does the media play in covering and defining the America's policy? How can the media be used by policy makers to achieve their agenda?
- ??
- CT: Define Special Interest groups and identify the impact they have in creating government policy.
- ??
- believe in rights of the defendant, strong central government
- what is true of most liberals in American politics?
- Purposely staged activities held in front of the media are called?
- press conferences
- the principle source of news and information in the United States is?
- broadcast media
- _____ is consciously breaking a law that is thought to be unjust
- civil disobedience
- Random sampling in public opinion polling operates on the principle that...?
- everyone has equal probability
- public opinion polls are only estimates because...
- error rates happen, not perfect
- what is the importance of the family to the process of political socialization?
- public opinion
- Over the last fifty years much of America's population growth has occurred in what region of the country.
- Warmer regions (south and southwest)
- One of the effects of growing older on political learning and political behavior is that....
- more inclined to vote
- ______ occurs after every census to reallocate the 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, reflecting shifts in the population of the states and, thus how many seats each state is allotted.
- Reapportionment
- According to many observers, the new parent in the socialization process has become?
- the media
- how has the cable news network (CNN) changed television news reporting?
- 24 hours a day
- The 1960 presidential debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy illustrates....
- power of the media
- The process through which an individual acquires his or her particular political orientations, including his or her knowledge, feelings, and evaluations regarding his or her political world, is known as?
- Political Socialization
- CT: Explain how public opinion polls might be a curse and a benefit to American politics in governing and campaigning.
- ??
- the most common form of political participation in the U.S. is ...
- voting
- what effect did the Vietnam war have on the news media?
- live war footage
- the watchdog orientation of the press helps to....?
- report on bad things
- In general liberal ideology supports...?
- the govnt should actively promote health, education and justice
- Political culture refers to...
- overall set of values in society (core democratic values)
- What is true of most conservatives in American politics?
- small govnt. intervention
- _____ is the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues.
- Public opinion
- A trial balloon is a...
- government official leaking to the media to get response from public
- profit motif
- the bottomline that shapes how journalists define the news, where they get the news, and how they present it is...?
- The use of detective-like reporting methods to unearth scandals is known as?
- Investigative Journalism
- The key to the accuracy of public opinion polls is...
- sampling error rate