Unit 8 EXAM Flashcards
Lowest level of an organization
Grass-roots
Views shared by society
Public opinion
Any means of communication with large audience
Mass media
Scientific survey of a people to get their opinion
Poll
Organizations to raise $ for candidates
PAC
$ donated to an individual campaign
Hard money
$ donated to group or cause
Soft money
The group that participates in the poll
Sample
Process by which people acquire political beliefs
Political socialization
Info. designed to shape public opinion
Propaganda
Contacting officials to persuade them to vote in a particular way
Lobbying
Personal beliefs about politics and the role of government
Political ideology
Ideology that government should be more in personal life/les in economic life
Conservative
Ideology that government should be less in personal life/more in economic life
Liberal
Ideology~ middle of the road on government policies
Moderate
publicly declare support for
Endorse
What are some cause-based interest groups?
MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) Sierra Club (environment/wildlife) NAACP (African American Rights) NRA (gun rights/2nd Amendment) NOW (National Organization of Women) AARP (American Assoc. of Retired People)
Discuss 5 ways you can participate in the political process:
- voting- electing leaders to guide our country
- writing letters/email-contacting representatives or senators in order to invoke a change
- Give $ to candidates & causes- support candidates you feel is right for the job
- Social Media- educate yourself on issues or spread your opinion through media
- protesting/signing petitions- doing what you can to persuade others and make a change
Analyze 5 factors associated with political socialization:
- family and peers- with them all the time and you love them, so their opinion matters
- age/gender- may be too immature to understand serious or compel armed issues, or may be too old to be willing to hear what younger people have to say; genders have different experiences
- race/religion- based on beliefs, may disagree on certain issues
- education level- someone who has a higher education may understand more complicated issues
- $$$/Socioeconomic group- money matters
what are 5 problems associated with polls?
- people lie
- people don’t participate
- yes or no answers
- timing of questions
- attitude of pollster
suppression of speech or public communication
censorship
How is the media positive?
it informs the public and can act as a watchdog
How can media be negative?
- bias in reporting/story selection
- factual inaccuracy
- media consolidation
- selective visual imagery
- “Newsertainment”
- negative politics
