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42 Cards in this Set
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Public Opinion |
Composite of preferences and opinions of individuals on significant issues |
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Halo Effect |
Tendency of survey respondents to provide socially acceptable answers to questions |
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Salient Issues |
Issues about which people have an opinion |
Debate fodder |
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Socialization |
The learning of a culture and its values |
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Generation Gap |
Differences in politics and public opinion among age groups |
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Gender Gap |
Aggregate differences in political opinions between men and women |
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Suffrage |
Legal right to vote |
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White Primary |
Democratic Party primary elections in many southern counties in the early part of the 20th century that excluded black people from voting |
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Poll Tax |
Taxes imposed as a prerequisite to voting; prohibited by 24th amendment |
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Literacy Tests |
Examination of a person's ability to read and write as a prerequisite to voter registration, outlawed by Voting Rights Act (1965) as discriminatory |
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Motor Voter Act |
Federal mandate that states offer voter registration at the DMV and welfare offices |
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Turnout |
Number of voters who actually cast ballots in an election, as a percentage of people eligible to register and vote |
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Registration |
Requirement that prospective voters establish their identity and place of residence prior to an election in order to be eligible to vote |
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Political Alienation |
Belief that politics is irrelevant to one's life and that one cannot personally affect public affairs |
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Protests |
Public marches or demonstrations designed to call attention to an issue and motivate others to apply pressure on public officials |
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Civil Disobedience |
Form of protest involving breaking of laws believed to be unjust |
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Mass Media |
All means of communication with the general public, including TV, newspaper, magazines, radio, books, recordings, movies, and the internet |
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Narrowcasting |
The emergence of news outlets on cable TV and the internet that offer specialty content for small, niche audiences |
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Fourth Estate |
The free news press and the people and institutions of the free press |
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Newsmaking |
Deciding what events, topics, presentations, and issues will be given coverage in the news |
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Agenda Setting |
Deciding what will be decided, defining the problems |
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Soft News |
News featured in talk shows, late-night comedy, and TV news magazines-- reaches more people than regular news broadcasts |
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Muckraking |
Journalistic exposés of corruption, wrongdoing, or mismanagement in government, business, and other functions of society |
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"Feeding Frenzy" |
Intense media coverage of a scandal or event that blocks out most other news |
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Pundits |
An individual who offers expert opinion to the mass media |
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Name Recognition |
Public awareness of a candidate-- whether people even know their name |
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Media Events |
Staged activities designed to attract media attention |
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Horse-Race Coverage |
Media coverage of electoral campaigns that centers on who is ahead and who is behind, and neglects the issues at stake |
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Sound Bite |
Concise and catchy phrases that attract media coverage |
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Prior Restraint |
Government actions to restrict publication of a magazine, newspaper or books on grounds of libel, obscenity, or other legal violations prior to actual publication |
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Equal-Time Rule |
FCC requirement that broadcasters who sell time to any political candidate must make equal time available to opposing candidates at the same price |
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Libel |
Writings that are false and malicious and intended to damage an individual |
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Slander |
Spoken statements that false and malicious and intended to damage an individual |
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Sullivan Rule |
Court guideline that false and malicious statements regarding public officials are protected by the 1st amendment unless it can be proven they were known to be false at the time they were made or were made with "reckless regard" for their truth and falsehood |
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New Media |
Content and technology that result in the ability of individuals to actively and immediately share content generated in traditional media forms |
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Cyberculture |
The emergent culture that results from computerization, networking, and use of new media |
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Cyberpolitics |
The application of new media to campaign politics |
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Social Media Applications |
Internet and new media applications that facillitate social coordination and interaction |
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Money Bombs |
Large amounts of money raised in a brief period of time using only online resources |
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Information Overload |
Situation in which individuals are subjected to so many communications that they can't make sense of them |
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Selective Perception |
Mentally screening out information or opinions with which one disagrees |
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Television Malaise |
Generalized feeling of distrust, cynicism, and powerlessness stemming from TV's emphasis on the negative aspects of American Life |
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