interest groups and mass media get this done, please
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Interest Groups and Mass Media
Get This Done, Please
Interest Groups and Mass Media
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Interest Groups and Mass Media
1
In what ways do people participate in the political
process in the US?
Interest Groups and Mass Media
2
What laws regulate Congressional lobbying?
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3
What are the different types of interest groups?
Interest Groups and Mass Media
4
What are the electioneering activities of interest
groups?
Interest Groups and Mass Media
5
What are the material incentives of joining an
interest group?
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6
Who can form a Political Action Committee?
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7
What are think tanks?
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8
What is the outsider strategy used by interest groups to achieve their
goals?
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9
Identify at least three differences between interest groups and
political parties
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10
What is spin?
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11
What is the adversarial press?
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12
What is narrowcasting and how has it affected
campaigns?
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13
What are inside or “insider” stories?
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14
What are trial balloons?
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15
What is the free-rider problem as it pertains to public interest groups?
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16
What is the equal time rule?
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17
What factors influence party identification among
voters?
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18
What is the public perception of the effects of
special interests on the democratic system?
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19
How is the initiative process used?
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20
What is lobbying and what are the most common
techniques employed by interest groups?
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21
What is the significance of the
NY Times v US decision?
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22
Do PAC’s buy influence?
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23
What are the functions of interest groups?
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24
What makes an interest group successful?
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25
What are the most effective commodities at the
command of an interest group?
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26
What are the campaign finance limits that apply to
Political Action Committees?
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27
What is a social movement?
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28
What is a test case brought by an interest group?
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29
What are selective perception and selection
retention?
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30
Which medium is more closely regulated:
broadcast or print?
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31
Does the mass media have a liberal bias?
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32
What is the theory of iron triangles?
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33
What is the difference between hard money and soft money in campaign
finance?
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34
What is meant by the free-rider problem?
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35
How do the media fulfill the function of agenda
setting?
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36
Why do the media have difficulty covering the
Supreme Court?
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37
What does it mean that interest groups have an
upper-class bias?
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38
Does the mass media change people’s opinions
about issues?
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39
What is grassroots lobbying?
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40
What is meant by media conglomeration?
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41
What are the solidary incentives to join interest
groups?
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42
What is the most important and the least important
resource at the disposal of an interest group?