Interest/Media Groups Flashcards
A small exclusive interest group that uses radical tactics
Pressure group
The three main reasons why interest group are common today
1) more cleavage
2) gov’t set up
3) weak political parties
Type of incentive used by a local interest group since people join them for pleasure and companionship
Solitary Incentive
A group of researchers often hired by interest group to find factual information to back up the arguments of the interest group
Think Tank
People who spend at least 20% of their time trying to influence legislation on behalf of interest group
Professional Lobbyists
An incentive such as getting travel discounts, calendar, etc
Material Incentive
What’s the primary function of a lobbyist
Supply Information
Type of incentive usually used by an institutional interest group: people join and are active for the cause
Purposive Incentive
Problems faced by interest groups when people get their benefits of the group works without joining the group
Free Rider Problem
Most Americans today get their political news from this source
TV News
The role of the media when it chooses which issues to publicize
Gatekeeper
What happens to the hold on the electorate by political parties due to the influence of the media
It weakens
Media coverage of an event will most likely influence public opinion when the media plays what type of role
Gatekeeper
When the gov’t can censor a work before its published because it contains information that is vital to national security
Prior restraint
When a reporter directly quote someone
On the record
The agency that regulates broadcast journalism
FCC
Why does the media use so many public opinion polls
Because politicians listen to them
Type of press created in 1848 to offer unbiased & nonpartisan news
Popular press
The news outlet today that is most like the yellow journalism of the 19th and early 20th centuries
Tabloid Press
Written defamation
Libel
Rule that says if a station sells time to one candidate it must be willing to sell the same amount of time to another candidate at the same price
Equal Time Rule
According to political scientists, these people often have a negative influence on the legislative process due to the tactics they use
Lobbyists
The presidential aide who tries to control the press and meets with reporters
Press secretary
Type of story that’s available to all reporters - they just have to do a little investigating
Feature story
Type of interest group that is growing the fastest today
Business/professional interest group (white collar movement)
Spoken defamation
Slander
A widely shared demand for change in the social or political order
Social movement
Technique used by interest groups when they mobilize their supporters In letter or email campaigns
Shotgun approach
The Honest Leadership and Open gov’t act was passed after the scandal involving congress and this lobbyist
Jack Abramoff
A group of policy experts who appeal to different people and Lobby the government on specific policy goals
Interest group
