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23 Cards in this Set
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Amicus Curiae Briefs |
Means "Friend of the Court" Name for a brief filed by someone who is not a party to a case. Often Special Interest Groups write these to give the court their opinion on a case. |
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Class Action Suits |
A lawsuit filed on behalf of a group of people, and whose result affects that group of people as a whole. Interest groups such as the NAACP often use these as a means of accomplishing their goals |
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Grassroots lobbying |
grassroots lobbying is an approach that separates itself from direct lobbying through the act of asking the general public to contact legislators and government officials concerning the issue at hand, as opposed to conveying the message to the legislators directly |
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Soft Money |
Political donations made to parties for the purpose of general party maintenance and support, such as get-out-the-vote campaigns, issue advocacy, and advertisements that promote the party. |
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Unions |
An organization of wager earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union. |
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C-SPAN |
Non- profit TV Network created in 1979 to televise the live proceedings of the US Government (mostly Congress) |
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Federal Communications Commission |
Created in the 1930's this organization licenses and regulates all TV and radio stations in the US |
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Gatekeepers |
Media executives. news editors, and prominent reporters who decide which events to present to the and how to present them |
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Mass Media |
Term that refers to all forms of communication that transmit information to the general public |
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Media Bias |
The idea that journalists and networks report on stories in a distinctly liberal or conservative manner.
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Sound Bite |
A brief remark or statement excerpted from an audiotape or videotape for insertion in a broadcast news story |
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The press Secretary |
Senior White House official who acts as the President's representative to the news media |
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Yellow Journalism |
The use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by the media to attract and persuade readers. |
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mucrakers |
a group of writers, journalists, and critics that expose corporate malfeasance and political corruption |
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equal time |
candidate must be given equal opportunity, to buy air time for commercials if their opponents have run ads. |
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prior restraint |
the censoring of news stories by the government before publication |
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shield laws |
protect reporters from revealing their sources |
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Freedom of Information Act |
requires federal executive branch and regulatory agencies to make information available to journalists, scholars, and the public unless it falls into one of several confidential categories |
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pluralism |
a system in which many conflicting groups within the community have access to government officials and compete with one another in an effort to influence policy decisions |
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Interest groups |
private groups that attempt to influence the government to respond to the shared attitudes of their members |
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lobbying |
communication with legislators or other government officials to try to influence their decisions |
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political action committees (PACs) |
a private group that raises and distributes funds for use in election campaigns |
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independent expenditures |
funds spent for or against a candidate by committees not formally connected to the candidate's campaign |
