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Public Opinion

MediaPolitical

Participation

Political Parties & Elections

Interest Groups

The collected attitudes of citizens on a given issue

What is public opinion?

The process whereby one becomes aware of

politics, learns political facts and forms

political values

What is politicalsocialization?

An agent of early political socialization

What is family or school?

3 factors that lead to more accurate

political polls

What are randomness of the sample, size of

the sample and variation in the

population?

3 groups that people are a part of that

impact peoples political values

What are race, gender, religion, education and

region?

The means employed in mass communication

What is mass media?

The two types of mass media

What are print and broadcast?

_________ occurs when a magazine informs a relatively

small number of leaders about an issue

and those leaders put pressure on

public officials

What is the two-step flow of communication?

The belief that TV is to blame for people

knowing little about the news

What is the televisionhypothesis?

Media executives, news editors

and prominent reporters who direct the flow of news

What are gatekeepers?

Actions of private citizens by which they seek to

influence or support government

and politics

What is political participation?

Relatively uncommon political behavior that challenges or defies

established institutions and dominant

norms

What is unconventional participation?

Behavior that seeks to modify or reverse

government policy to serve political

interest

What is influencing behavior?

The last expansion of suffrage in the

U.S. involved

What is age?

Where does the Constitution

discuss political parties?

What is nowhere?

Elections that mark a sharp change in the existing patterns of

party loyalty

What is a critical election?

An organization that sponsors

candidates for political office under the

organization’s name

What is a politicalparty?

A body of electors chosen by voters to cast

ballots for president or vice president

What is the electoralcollege?

Every 2 years _____ of the Senate’s seats are filled

What is one-third?

An organized group of individuals that seeks to influence

public policy

What is an interest group?

Influencing public policy is their primary goal

What is an interest group?

A strategy that relies on a group representative’s direct personal contact with policymakers

What is lobbying?

An organized effort to gain

public backing by bringing

a group’s view to public attention

What is an information campaign?

Lobbying organization built around

policy concerns unrelated

to members’ vocational interests

What is a citizen group?