Lesson Fifteen: Creating Change

Question 1

How is change promoted?

Answer 1

Voting, volunteering, protests, campaigning, council meetings, write letters to people in charge

Question 2

How to increase voter turnout/

Answer 2

Make voting compulsory, lower the minimum voting age to 16, enabling online voting

Question 3

Why is low voter turnout a bad thing?

Answer 3

Majority of people may not be happy with the vote result, would’ve been a different outcome

Question 4

What are the advantages and disadvantages of making voting compulsory?

Answer 4

Ad-higher vote turnout, more pleased with result
Dis-less freedom, voting without thinking

Question 5

What are the advantages and disadvantages of lowering the voting age?

Answer 5

Ad-young people have more say, more freedom
Dis-not enough knowledge on adult life

Question 6

What are the advantages and disadvantages of allowing online voting?

Answer 6

Ad-more people voting, different ages, accessible
Dis-hackers effect results

Question 7

What are petitions?

Answer 7

Collecting signatures indicating support for an agreed statement, show strength of support for the statement. Online petitions are called e-petitions

Question 8

What is leafleting?

Answer 8

Distributing materials that support a POV. Asking for support and/or financial help

Question 9

What is lobbying?

Answer 9

Making views known to those you wish to influence. Raising issue to MP in lobby of House of Commons. Lobbying includes advocacy where a group puts forward their ideas verbally or in writing.

Question 10

What is direct action?

Answer 10

Non violent or violent, strikes, sit ins, occupation of buildings, property damage, assaulting, rioting, civil disobedience. Disobeying rules or laws to which they disagree.

Question 11

What are boycotts?

Answer 11

Deciding not to purchase certain goods or services because of a particular cause

Question 12

What is demonstration:

Answer 12

Small groups to marches and rallies

Question 13

What is media promotion

Answer 13

Staging events and protests to attract media attention and publicity

Question 14

What is use of celebrity

Answer 14

Gain media coverage and boost number of supporters

Question 15

What is the use of e-media

Answer 15

Contact supporters quickly, give latest information and correct and media stories. Contact traditional media forms.

Question 16

What are pressure groups?

Answer 16

An organised group of people who take action together to try to bring about change regarding a specific issue

Question 17

Advantages of pressure groups:

Answer 17

More people belong to pressure groups than to political parties, politicians can’t ignore a large number of issues, issues that politicians won’t discuss are spoken for, pressure is exerted on issues between elections and immediate issues can be raised with political

Question 18

Disadvantages of pressure groups:

Answer 18

They’re undemocratic and use undemocratic methods, they have too much influence as they are concerned about a narrow issue, exert too much power and influence to the detriment of the whole population, politicians pay too much attention to them which are unrepresentative, politicians are too concerned with immediate headlines to I’ve react to every protest