Media and Interest Groups Review

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The media plays an important role in setting the public agenda in all of the following ways EXCEPT: focusing public attention on selected issues, holding government officials accountable to the public, offering a forum in which opposing viewpoints are communicated.

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makes contributions to political candidates

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All of the following are examples of mass media EXCEPT: Fox News Website, The Washington Post, CNN News

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Boones Mill Town Council meeting

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When the media only shows/publishes one side of an issue, the media is

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displaying bias

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What is an important difference between interest groups and political parties?

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Interest groups attempt to influence government directly on particular issues.

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Which best describes the main objective of a lobbyist?

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to influence state legislators or members of congress on issues

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To convince someone to do or think something.

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Persuade

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Websites, magazines, news, games, tv shows, and advertisements are all types of

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Media

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The term ________________ refers to methods of communicating with large numbers of people.

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mass media

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One role of the media is that it stands guard and decides what information passes through to the people. In other words the media is used as a

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Gatekeeper

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In its role as a ________________, the media keeps an eye on the government which helps democracy.

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watchdog