UK Politics (4) Voting Behaviour - The Media

Question 1

Mass Media

Answer 1

Communication which reaches a wide audience

Question 2

Examples of mass media

Answer 2

TV, radio, newspapers, social media, advertising.

Question 3

Partisan…

Answer 3

Support of a particular party, cause or campaign

Question 4

Purpose of media in a democracy…

Answer 4

Inform
Educate
Platform
Publicity
Advocacy

Question 5

Chomsky and Hermann’s criticism…

Answer 5

Propaganda Model

Question 6

Propaganda Model - media shaped by…

Answer 6

Ownership/size
Advertising licence
Sourcing News
Flak and the enforcers
Anti communism/war on terror

Question 7

Propaganda…

Answer 7

Information which is used to influence an audience and push an agenda.

Question 8

Spin…

Answer 8

Knowingly providing a biased view of an event…

Question 9

Partisan Dealignment…

Answer 9

Individuals no longer identify with one political party over a long period

Question 10

Class Dealignment…

Answer 10

Individuals no longer see themselves as a member of one class and no longer vote along class lines

Question 11

Apathy…

Answer 11

Lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern

Question 12

In post war UK working class people were perceived to vote…

Answer 12

Labour

Question 13

In post war UK middle and upper class people were perceived to vote….

Answer 13

Conservative

Question 14

In what decade is class dealignment thought to start?

Answer 14

1980’s

Question 15

Reasons for class dealignment

Answer 15

De industrialisation
Privatisation
Labour moving to the right
Less social solidarity

Question 16

Is class still a factor in voting behaviour?

Answer 16

Yes, but not as much as it was

Question 17

Factors explaining partisan dealiignment

Answer 17

Less attachment to two major parties
Fall in party membership
People are less likely to stay in one job

Question 18

Reasons for voter apathy

Answer 18

They are all the same mentality
The Thatcherite consensus
Scandals
Decrease in ideological differences

Question 19

Rational Choice Theory…

Answer 19

Voters act like consumers and decide what is best for them.

Question 20

Older voters are more likely to…

Answer 20

Vote Conservative

Question 21

Reasons why older voters vote Conservative

Answer 21

More to Conserve
Less idealistic
Shaped by experience
More likely to vote

Question 22

Other factors influencing voting behaviour

Answer 22

Ethnicity and gender and urban v rural

Question 23

BAME voters more likely to vote Labour except

Answer 23

Hindus and Sikhs

Question 24

Traditionally women are more likely to vote…

Answer 24

Conservative

Question 25

Rural areas more likely to vote

Answer 25

Conservative

Question 26

Labour do better in…

Answer 26

Cities