Chapter 10 Terms Flashcards
Public service network with the major goal of preventing coverage of the House and Senate without editing, commentary or analysis
C-SPAN
“friend of the court”
amicus curiae
The country’s management of its international relations
Public policy
One does not call himself a conservative or liberal
Moderates
Published false statements that injure someone’s reputation
Libel
Attempting to persuade people to follow a crowd by insisting that everyone else is voting for this candidate
Bandwagon
Creating the image of a common person using slogans as “friend of the common man”
Plain folks
Using the endorsements of celebrities to create the idea that important people are going to vote for a certain candidate
Testimonial
Political philosophy that defends against major change by the government to the political, economic, and social institutions of society; but seeks nonbureaucratic solutions to political issues
Conservatism
The principles and activities that constitute a government’s public policy regarding issue within the nation
Domestic policy
The principles and activities that constitute a nation’s public policy regarding issues abroad
Foreign policy
Informal polls
Straw polls
Those issues the government decides to deal with
Agenda
Surveys of public thought on particular subjects
Opinion polls
Group of individuals that share like opinions on a political issue or group of issues that unite in some organization to influence government officials and further their views; pressure groups
Interest groups
Tactics used by interest groups to influence public officials
Lobbying
Political philosophy that seeks through government action to change the political, economic, and social status quo and to encourage the development and well being of the individual
Liberalism
An accurate representation of the population involved in an opinion poll
Representative sample
Opinions held by the public that the government responds to through the development of public policy
Public opinion
The major forms of media (radio, television, newspapers, magazines, Internet) and the news organizations associated with them
Mass media
Laws protecting the journalist right to refuse divulge the identity of secret source
Shield laws
Socially offensive communications not protected by the First Amendment
Obscenity
Using selective data from polls, government reports, and other sources to support one side of an issue while disregarding information to the contrary
Card stacking
International computer network originally developed by the US Department of Defense
Internet
Organization that licenses and regulates radio stations
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
The largest labor union
AFL-CIO
Committees formed by special interest groups that raise money and make contributions to specific individuals campaigns or causes
Political Action Committees (PACs)
Principal that the government may not suppress a story prior to its publication
Prior restraint
Public opinion polls taken by various polling agencies as voters leaving their polling place
Exit polls
Interest group that is concerned with a particular issue
Single-interest groups
Making broad statements that sound good but lack substance
Glittering generalities
Gives the media as well the public broad powers to investigate files of the federal bureaucracy
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Techniques used to select and manipulate information so that it may persuade or influence people effectively
Propaganda
Calling an opponent by a name with a negative connotation
Name calling
