U1O2 A&GP Terminology quiz

Organised groups of people who hold similar views and ideas on a range of public policy issues and who seek to be elected to parliament.

• Interest groups

• Political party

• Media

• Cabinet

Web based communication tools that enable people to interact, respond and communicate by sharing and consuming information.

• New media

• Traditional media

• Social media

• 24 hour news cycle

A broad and evolving term including digital and web based forms of sharing information such as blogs, online news sites, which are easily accessible on demand via personal devices

• New media

• Traditional media

• 24 hour news cycle

• Social media

A group of like-minded people who work to influence government policy and decision making.

• Cabinet

• Political party

• Parliamentary committee

• Interest groups

Commonly or 'older' accepted means of communication and expression before the age of 'digital media', such as print newspapers, radio and television news.

• Social media

• Traditional media

• New media

• 24 hour news cycle

The understanding that news is now reported on, investigated and analysed quickly and continuously a whole day in all forms of the media.

• New media

• Traditional media

• Social me

• 24 hours new cycle

Agreed cooperation between separate political parties to campaign in elections for common benefit or to form government together.

• Coalition

• Alliance

• Faction

• Union

A theory that argues that power ad decision making in society are shared among a variety of government and non government groups.

• Totalitarian

• Pluralism

• Authoritarian

• Liberalism

A term or concept sometimes referring only to those who hold formal political power but can also be used to refer to anyone who exercises or seeks political power.

• Prime Minister

• Governor General

• Political actors

• Political parties

Organisations which represent workers in various industries.

• Political party

• Cabinet

• Employer associations

• Union