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Pols 110
Political Socialization
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Social Studies
Undergraduate 1
05/08/2013

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Agents/Sources of Political Socialization
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1. Family 2. School 3. Peers 4. Workplace 5. Religion 6. Media
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Stages of Socialization
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1. Childhood(4-7) 2. Pre-teen(8-12) 3. Teen(13-19) 4. Adulthood(20 and up)
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Childhood
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positive lessons about nation, leaders, etc: impact by parents and early teachers
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Pre-teen
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general, positive lesson: imapact by parents and school
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Teen
Definition
more detailed info, maybe not as positive: impact by school and peers
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Adulthood
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more specific info, take action (i.e. voting): impact by peers, media, workplace
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Affective Learning
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emotional feelings, normal feelings; programmed by family, religion (outside of the classroom)
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Cognitive Learning
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imperical (facts) learning; learned in the classroom
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Early Affective Learning
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filters the impact of later Cognitive Learning
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Vast majority of surveying in country is...
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Market Survey (what sells)
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Public Opinion Polls
Definition
best method of measuring what public thinks
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1936 Poll Survey
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took sample from ppl that had phones and cars
-only represented the rich: "poll was wrong"
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1948 Poll Survey
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stopped doing survey a couple weeks before voting cuz the figured minds wouldn't change: "polls were wrong"
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Polster
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someone who conducts the polls, hired by candidates
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Why take polls?
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finds out...if your message is getting through, where to spend $, who to target
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Ideological Thinking
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take a position and it's the only way
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Partisan Thinking
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Democrats vs. Republicans
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Public Officials don't listen on 2 things:
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1) Foreign policy 2) Things we are uninformed on
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Traditional Media includes (3):
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1)network tv 2)newspaper/magazine 3)radio
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New Media includes (4):
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1)electronics 2)cable tv 3)internet 4)blogs
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Usage of media by public (4)
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1)tv 2)newspaper 3)magazine 4)radio
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4 Roles of Media:
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1)Signaler 2)Watchdog 3)Common Carrier 4)Partisan
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Signaler Role in Media
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signal attention to what we should be worried about (entertainment over education)
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Watchdog Role in Media
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monitoring elected officials
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Common Carrier Role in Media
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everybody showing the same story
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Soundbite
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brief statement, as by a politician, taken from an audiotape or videotape and broadcast especially during a news report
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Partisan Role in Media
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supposed to be neutral but...usually not
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Pack Journalism
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tend to follow each other and have the same stories (share info, packed together and see the same thing)
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Objective Press
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communicate facts and what the experts say
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Yellow Journalism
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uses catchy headlines, not fact based (paper was cheap and turned yellow in a day)
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Determinants of Coverage in Media
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1)Professional 2)Commercial 3)Partisan/Ideological for Cable News
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Questions in Commercial (Determinant of coverage in Media)
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1)will it attract attention 2)tv=action packed
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Partisan/Idealogical for Cable News (Derterminants of Coverage)
Definition
whatever makes you look good and competitor look bad
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