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Unit 4 Media Flashcards

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Public opinion

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-(not individual)
-(attitudes or opinions)
- on political events, policy issues and elected officials

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Values

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-principle
- shape opinion
-Basic principles that shape a persons opinion on political beliefs

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Political Ideology

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  • set of beliefs
  • philosophy on government
  • a cohesive set of beliefs that form a general philosophy about the role of the government
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Magic number for sample sizes

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1,000 !

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Political socialization

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-induction into politics
-learning about political system
-the induction on individuals into the political culture
-learning underlying beliefs and values on which the political system is based

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Agents of Socialization

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-school, parents
-kids tend to absorb political views of parents
-social institutions that help shape political beliefs and values

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Margin of Error (What is it?)

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-error when sample is too small
-Sampling error that arises based on the small size of the sample

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Margin of Error (How it works)

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  • we can expect 3.1% of uncertainty with a 1,000 person poll
  • it shows that there’s a percent chance that one person will pull better than the other
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Skimming and Scanning

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  • shorter articles and flashier headlines in the trend
    -most Americans read news online
    -Americans today are more likely to read the news by skimming and scanning multiple headlines than reading long articles
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Sample

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-small group to represent entire population
-a small group selected by researchers to represent the most important characteristics of an entire population

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Bandwagon effect

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  • polling results convince people to support a candidate identified as the victor
  • likely in a presidential election
  • a candidate who has momentum, also finds it considerably easier to raise campaign funds
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Public opinion polls (what it is)

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  • scientific instruments for measuring public opinion
  • a sample
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Types of public opinion polls

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  • simple random sample (probability): used in business and marketing, every individual in the population has an equal probability in being a respondent
  • random digit dialing: respondents are selected from a random list of 10 digit numbers to avoid bias
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Fundamental values of Americans

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  • liberty, justice, and equality of opportunity
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Fundamental values of Americans (Liberty)

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  • freedom from government control
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Fundamental values of Americans (Justice)

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  • fairness of how rewards and punishments are delivered by governments and courts
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Fundamental values of Americans (Equality of opportunity)

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  • shared American ideal that all people should have freedom to use the talents and wealth they have to reach their full potential
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America’s level of political knowledge

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  • poor political knowledge
  • poses threats to democracy
  • the average American has little formal knowledge of policy debates or of political institutions, processes, or leaders.
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Misinformation

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  • false, inaccurate, or misleading information in the media, especially social media
  • manipulated or fabricated content, or satire
  • 4/10 Americans report coming across fake news
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What groups of Americans are most likely to express political opinions?

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  • higher income constituents
  • citizens who are more affluent and educated
  • vote at higher rates, more likely to contribute money to political campaigns
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Conservative views

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  • support social and economic status quo
  • don’t like new formulas and economic arrangements
  • large and powerful government is threat to individual freedom
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Liberals Views

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  • support social and political reform
  • support government intervention in the economy
  • more economic equality
  • expansion of federal social services
  • have more concern for the consumers and the environment
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Why do political leaders communicate through social media?

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  • to promote their policy agenda
  • to promote agenda
  • more inexpensive way to promote
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Liberals on domestic issues

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  • (progressive taxes, fair economic system, more federal programs and gay/abortion rights)
  • supporting gov’t agencies to support a fairer economic system and upward mobility, and a progressive tax system
  • expanding federal safety net (childcare and healthcare programs
  • concerned with protecting reproductive rights for women, and lgbtq rights
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Conservatives on domestic issues

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  • large government is a threat to individual freedom, small businesses, free markets, democracy
  • supporting cutting taxes and reducing spending
  • support traditional family arrangements, against abortion and same-sex marriage
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Liberals on foreign issues

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-Oppose U.S. military intervention in other countries, unless to protect ally
-support internal organizations (UN, NATO)

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Conservative on foreign affairs

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Traditional
- support a strong military
- protect international free trade
Socialist/populist
- isolationist approach

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Most American identity

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Mostly as moderate (37%)
Same as conservative (36%)

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Relationship between public opinion and government policy

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  • shifts in public opinion lead to changes in policy
  • changes in policy lead to shifts in public opinion
  • sometimes public opinion and policy don’t align
  • officials policy don’t align with public opinion because they favor other groups better
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What happens when Americans lack political knowledge?

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  • cannot defend political interests, rights and freedoms
  • politically ignorant people are more influenced by political elites, media, and special interests
  • can contribute to political and economic inequality
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The media

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  • print and digital forms of communication, including television, newspapers, radio, the internet and social media, intending to convey information to large audiences
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Key roles of the media

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  • inform public about current political issues and events
  • provide a forum for candidates, politicians, and the public to debate policies and issues (act as watchdogs)
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Soft news

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-(US media) Entertainment, sports, and celebrity news

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Hard news

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Coverage of politics and government

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Adversarial journalism

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Journalist have a stance of opposition towards the government or public officials (what make democratic governments work)

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Framing

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Presenting information from a certain perspective in order to shape audiences comprehension of that information.

(Example- during battle with ukraine, liberal framed him as strong president, and conservative framed him as weak)

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Priming

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Calling attention to some issues and not others, when evaluating a public official

-the media can alter how voters make choices

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News aggregators

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  • organize content from diverse digital news organizations
  • stories that are at the top of news aggregators are the most read or watched
  • Google news, and Reddit are examples
  • a way to avoid partisan
  • effect in learning about the world from international perspectives and way to increase political awareness
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Filter bubbles

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  • partisan media environments in which users are exposed to opinions and information that conforms to existing beliefs
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FCC

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Prevents obscenity, indecency, and profanity

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Equal time rule

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Broadcasters must provide candidates for political office with equal opportunities to communicate their messages to the public

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Right of rebuttal

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Individuals have the right to respond to attacks made on radio or television broadcast

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Conformation bias

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The tendency to favor information that confirms beliefs and discontinuing information that contradicts their beliefs

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Algorithms

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