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33 Cards in this Set
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Public Opinion |
p. 178 The distribution of the population's beliefs about Politics and Policy issues ex: Someone's views on gun laws |
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Demography |
p. 178 The science of population changes ex. the racial makeup of America in relation to their political affiliations |
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Census |
p. 178 A valuable tool for understanding demographic changes. ex: The Constitution requires that the government conduct an "actual enumeration" of the population every 10 years. |
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Melting Pot |
p. 179 The mixing of cultures, ideas, and peoples that has changed the American nation. ex: The United States, with it's history of immigration, has often been called a melting pot. |
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Minority Majority |
p. 179 The emergence of a non-Caucasian majority, as compared with a white, generally Anglo-Saxon majority ex: It is predicted by 2060 that white Americans will be outnumbered by other American races |
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Political Culture |
p. 182 An overall set of values of values widely shared within a society. ex: American values are shared w/ ethnic groups |
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Reapportionment |
p. 183 The progress of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years based on the basis of the results of the census ex: Demographic change is a cause of this |
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Political Socialization |
p. 184 According to Richard Dawson,"the process through which an individual acquires his/her particular political orientations- His/her knowledge, feelings, and evaluations regarding their political world" ex: Orientations grow firmer as you age |
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Sample |
p. 189 A relatively small proportion of people who are chosen in a survey so as to be representative of the whole. - Cross-sectional study |
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Random Sampling |
p. 189 The key technique employed by sophisticated survey researchers, which operates on the principle that everyone should have an equal probability of being selected for the sample. ex: Doesn't matter age, race, gender, weight etc |
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Sampling Error |
p. 189 The level of confidence in the findings of a public opinion poll ex: The more people interviewed, the more confident one can be of the results |
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Random-Digit Dialing |
p. 190 A technique used by pollsters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed and unlisted numbers when conducting a survey. ex: Calling phone #s w/ randomly chosen exchanges (i.e. 804-471-xxxx) |
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Exit Poll |
p. 191 Public opinion surveys used by major media pollsters to predict electoral winners with speed and precision ex: Shortcut to give people an idea who is leading polls, can be seen in news |
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Political Ideology |
p. 196 A coherent set of beliefs about politics, public policy, and public purpose. ex: it gives political events, personalities, and policies a true meaning |
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Gender Gap |
p. 197 A term that refers to the regular pattern by which women are more likely to vote Democrat ex: Women aren't as conservative because they like to support spending for social services |
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Political Participation |
p. 201 All the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue. ex: Voting & protest |
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Protest |
p. 202 A form of political participation designed to achieve policy change through dramatic and unconventional tactics. ex: Boston Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street |
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Civil Obedience |
p. 203 A form of political participation that reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences. ex: Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Thoreau not paying taxes |
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High- Tech Politics |
p. 212 A politics in which the behavior of citizens and policy makers and the political agenda itself are increasingly shaped by technology. ex: Social Media & Internet influence |
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Mass Media |
p. 212 Television, Radio, Newspapers, Magazines, Internet, and other means of popular communication. ex: Can be key decisions in elections, influences people |
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Media Events |
p.212 Events purposely staged for the media that nonetheless look spontaneous. It happens through forms of mass media |
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Press Conference |
p. 214 Meetings of public officials with reporters. ex: FDR used a form of this through "fireside chats" |
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Investigative Journalism |
p. 215 The use of in-depth reporting to unearth scandals, scams and schemes, at times putting reporters in adversarial relationships with political leaders. ex: TV fondness for this brings negativity for politics, and a greater public cynicism |
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Print Media |
p. 216 Newspapers and magazines, as compared with broadcast media. ex: The New York Times |
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Broadcast Media |
p. 216 Television and radio, as compared with print media. ex: CNN or Fox News |
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Narrowcasting |
p. 221 Media programming on cable TV or the internet that is focused on the topic and aimed at a particular audience. ex: ESPN, MTV, C-SPAN |
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Chains |
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Newspapers published by massive media conglomerates that account for over four-fifths of the nation's daily newspaper circulation. ex: Chains can control broadcast media |
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Beats |
p. 226 Specific locations from which news frequently emanates, such as Congress or the White House. ex: During the Gulf War, over 50% of lead stories came from the State Department. |
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Trial Balloons |
p. 226 An intentional news leak for the purpose of assessing the political reaction. ex: Clinton's relationship with Lewinsky |
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Sound bites |
p. 228 Short video clips of approximately 10 seconds ex: A politician's speech on the Nightly News |
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Talking Head |
p. 233 A shot of a person's face talking directly to the camera. ex: Considered boring, rarely seen |
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Policy Agenda |
p. 234 The issues that attract the serious attention of public officials and other people actively involved in politics at the time. ex: Policy agenda is filled w/ healthcare, education, unemployment, welfare reform, etc. |
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Policy Entrepreneurs |
p. 234 People who invest their political "capital" in an issue. ex: You can be in or out of the government, elected or appointed positions, etc. |
