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| A patterned and sustained way of thinking about how political and economic life ought to be carried. |
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| Wilson - 5 Basic Beliefs Compire Our Political Culture |
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Liberty
Equality
Democracy
Civic Duty
*NOT UNIVERSAL* |
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Wilson - 5 Basic Beliefs Compire Our Political Culture
Liberty |
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| Basic rights we assume we possess (as laid out in Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights) |
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Wilson - 5 Basic Beliefs Compire Our Political Culture
Equality |
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Atleast means equal vote for all; equal chance to advance
*Not result |
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Wilson - 5 Basic Beliefs Compire Our Political Culture
Democracy |
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| Democrattic rules of the game observed with majority rule along with minority rights. |
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Wilson - 5 Basic Beliefs Compire Our Political Culture
Civic Duty |
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| We have duty to be active participants; not just passive recipients of government decisions and services. |
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Wilson - 5 Basic Beliefs Compire Our Political Culture
Individual Responsibility |
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| Held accountable for our actions. |
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Willingness to let those whom we disagree speak, petition, demostrate to shape public opinion.
*In order for democracy to work. |
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A more or less consistent set of beliefs about what policies government ough to pursue.
Ex. Conservative and liberal. |
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| Measurements of political ideology |
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1. Descriptive ideological labels - people use to describe themselves or others. (ex. liberal)
2. Extent to which attitude on various issues are consistent or predictable (ex. if attitude on gun control helps predict attitude on prayer in school.) |
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Major source of information about politics.
POLLING. |
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Survey Research
Population |
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| All the people to be analyzed. |
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| Part of population actually examined by some method. |
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Survey Research
Random Sample |
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Sample in which each item has the same chance of selection as any other.
*Hard to get a truly random sample. |
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Survey Research
Sampling Error |
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Inevitable differences in results from sample to sample in a population.
Note: for reasonably large populations, the sampling error in a random sample depends on the size of the sample only, not on the size of the population. |
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Roles of Media
Gatekeeper |
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| Influences what subjects ecome national political issues for how long. |
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Roles of Media
Scorekeeper |
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| Tracks political reputations and candidacies. |
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| Investigate personalities and exposes sandals. |
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Psychological tools to resist attitudes change from outside challenges.
People don't ant to change their ideas. |
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Defense Mechanisms
Selective Attention |
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Option to pay attention to information or ignore it.
Paying attention to stories which one already agrees with. |
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Defense Mechanisms
Selective Perception |
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| Perception of information so it will be consistent with prior beliefs. |
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