Chapter 8 Textbook

any person who, for any reason, has an unusually strong influence on the views of others

the average Americans hear 20 hours of ____ each week and has been a source of news and entertainment since the 1920's

a means of communication; it transmits some kind of information

refers to the instructions or commands a constituency gives to its elected officials

The first public demonstration of ___________ occurred at the New York World's Fair in 1939

includes politics, public issues, and the making of public policies

believes that government must take action to change economic, political, and ideological policies thought to be unfair

polls that sought to read the public's mind by asking the question of a large number of people

snappy reports that can be aired in 30 or 45 seconds or so usually short and sharply focused

Most public officials have frequent and wide-ranging contacts in many different forms with large numbers of people

has a major impact on the views of large numbers of people;have a major impact on the content direction of public policy

private organizations whose members share certain views and work to shape the making and content of public policy

serious efforts to take the public's pulse on scientific basis date from the mid- 1930's

pollsters interview a certain number of random people who live in a certain number of randomly selected places

_________ is where children learn about government and politics to help them form an opinion

a sample deliberately constructed to reflect several of the major characteristics of a given universe

more than 10,000 of these are published in the U.S. today

____________ began one of the very first, his General Magazine, in Philadelphia in 1741

devices that attempt to collect information by asking people questions

means if communication that reach large, widely dispersed audiences simultaneously

there is at least on of these in 98% of the nations 110 million households

a term that means the whole population that the poll aims to measure

societal problems that the nation's political leaders and the general public agree need government attention

a group of people with whom one regularly associates, including friends, classmates, neighbors, and co-workers

seeks to keep in place the economic, political, and social structures of society

about 45% of the nation's adult population read this everyday

some 12,000 ___________ are publishes in the United States today

a representative slice of the total universe

_________ plays an important role in a child's life when discovering and learning about politics

Attitudes held by a significant number of people on matters of government and politics