Ch.8: Mass Media & Public Opinion

those people with whom oneregularly associates, friends,classmates, co-workers, and neighbors 

Public opinion includes only those viewsthat relate to public affairs. 

Children tend to favor political partiessupported in households in which theywere raised 

A nonscientific poll that asks many people the same question.

Events and issues thatconcern the people, such aspolitics and the making of public policies 

a means of communication

Boomed significiantly in the 1950s

More than ____ percentof the 115 million U.S.households have atelevision 

any person who has anunusually strong influence on the views ofothers 

A private group that works to shape the making of public policy.

The events of these two decades caused manyAmerican to lose respect/ trust of theirgovernment. 

The whole population the poll aims to measure.

Election results are an accurate reflection of public opinion.

those means ofcommunication that reach large, widelydispersed audiences simultaneously 

In the decades just prior to radio and TV, _______ were major national news medium.

_______ have reduced in number largely because of the ________

True or False.  The mass media in the United States is independent of government control.

The instructions a constituency gives its elected officials

Elections, interest groups, media, personal contacts, P.O. polls, Straw votes, Sci Polls can

Main source of news in the colonies

I graduated from high school in …..

The societal problems that the people and political leaders agree need attention

those attitudes held bya significant number of people onmatters of government and politics 

The GreatDepression wrecked theU.S. economy, shiftingpopular support toDemocrats is example of 

The process by which a person gains his or herpolitical views 

A tool used to collect information by asking people questions.