Influencing the Government

Government officials use the _________ to communicate with the public.

• Media
• Congress
• General Assembly
• Citizens

An organization of people with an interest in a particular public issue-

• Third Party
• Political Action Committee
• Interest Group
• Political Party

Which of the following is NOT a strategy for evaluating media?

• Evaluating sources
• Separating fact from opinion
• Helping candidates win
• Detecting bias

False, misleading information is known as-

• Lobbying
• Favoritism
• Bias
• Propaganda

 A person whose job is to contact elected officials and convince them to vote in  a particular way on a proposed law...

• Senator
• Constituent
• Candidate
• Lobbyist

seeking to influence legislators to vote for or against a bill

• campaigning
• lobbying
• policy making
• participating

expressing opinions (lobbying, demonstrating, writing letters)

• ways individuals influence public policy
• ways interest groups influence public policy

One way individuals can influence public policy is by

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

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