Public Policy & Electoral College Review

_____________ is all the types of communication that can reach a large number of people.

• Newspapers
• News Channels
• Mass Media
• The Internet

Can Mass media affect who runs for office? 

• Yes
• No

This group tries to shape public opinion and is made up of a group of people that share the same opinions. 

• Click
• Interest Group
• politicians
• Representatives

A lobbyist is a  person who: 

• waits around in a doctor's office.
• I do not know
• does not work for a partisan group.
• is hired by an interest group to go to Washington D.C. to contact lawmakers to and other officials to support their ideas. 

When evaluating campaign speeches and literature you must be able to 

• separate fact from opinion
• identify propaganda
• detect bias
• all of these

One role of Mass Media in elections is 

• Emphasizing selected issues
• publishing gossip
• voting
• creating commercials

Government officials use the media to communicate with the public. 

• True
• False

Public Agenda is influenced by the media in which of the following ways?

• focusing attention on selected issues
• voting
• running for public office
• using propaganda

Seeking to influence legislators to introduce or vote for or against a bill is 

• lobbying
• voting
• campaigning
• bias

One way individuals can influence public policy is by

• participating in politics
• expressing opinions
• joining interest groups
• all of these