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| The merging of hard news and entertainment in news presentations. |
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| The selection of survey respondents by chance, with equal probability, to ensure their representativeness of the whole population. |
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| Those institutions and individuals that shape the core beliefs and attitudes of people. |
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| Deviation from some ideal standard, such as representativesness or objectivity. Many liberal critics believe the news media favors Republicans and the business establishment. |
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| The former requirements that television stations present contrasting points of view. |
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| The former requirements that television stations give or sell the same amount of time to all competing candidates. |
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| A private organization or voluntary association that seeks to influence public policy as a way to protect or advance some interest. |
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| A political scientist who views American politics as best understood in terms of the interaction, conflict, and bargaining of groups. |
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| is used, often in different ways, across a wide range of topics to denote a diversity of views, and stands in opposition to one single approach or method of interpretation: |
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| An interest group that seeks to protect or advance the material interests of its members. |
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| An interest group that advocates for a cause or an ideology. |
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| Effort by an interest or advocacy group to influence the behavior of a public official; an action by a group or association to influence the behavior of a public official. |
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| A theory that locates the origins of interest groups in changes in the economic, social, or political environment that threaten the well-being of some segment of the population. |
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| Practice of appropriating money for specific pet projects of members of Congress, usually done at the behest of lobbyists, and added to bills at the last minute with little opportunity for deliberation. |
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| The effort by interest groups to mobilize local constituencies and shape public opinion to support the group's goals and to bring that pressure to bear on elected officials. |
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| Political action committees |
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| An entity created by an interest group whose purpose is to collect money and make contributions to candidates in federal elections. |
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| Unregulated expenditures by political parties on general public education, voter registration, and voter mobilization; campaigns for elective office, until banned after 2002. |
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| Groups that can collect and spend money without legal limits to advocate for and against issues; most are barely disguised efforts to support or attack candidates or parties. |
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| An enduring alliance of common interest among an interest group, a congressional committee, and a bureaucratic agency. |
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| The political position that holds that the federal government has a substantial role to plat in economic regulations, social welfare, and overcoming racial inequality. |
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| The political position that holds that the federal government ought to play a very small role in economic regulations, social welfare, and overcoming racial inequality. |
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| The sense of belonging to a political party. |
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| Government does what the people want |
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| Policy does not mirror public opinion. |
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| Education,Economic Status (social class),Religious Influence: Denomination/Commitment,Race and Ethnicity,Gender,Geography,Age |
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| One’s feeling as to whether it makes a difference to participate in the process |
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| A system of ideas and ideals, esp. one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy |
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| Political events can produce a long-lasting impact on opinion formation. |
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| is a structure within a society that connects the people to the government or centralized authority. These institutions include: elections, political parties, interest groups, and the media. |
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| is part of the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression; includes freedom of assembly and freedom of the press and freedom of religion and freedom of speech. |
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| Federal Communications Commission |
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| an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite. |
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| Loans are typically issued by private investors or companies. |
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| Media role in a Democracy |
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| Provide policy information,Watchdog (investigative reporting),Clarifying election choices,Diversity of opinion,Socialization,Setting the public agenda. |
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| Would be one that could be proved with very little or no margin of error. if the circumstances under which the questions were asked were so rigid that it enforced the truth. |
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| An unofficial ballot conducted as a test of opinion |
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| Was an influential general interest weekly magazine published by Funk & Wagnalls. Founded by Isaac Kaufmann Funk in 1890, it eventually merged with two similar weekly magazines, Public Opinion and Current Opinion. |
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