Gateway to American Gov't Ch 14: Interest Groups and the Media

A(n)_______________________ group attempts to promote the common good - the interests of Americans as a whole rather than any one specific group.

• public interest

• special interest

• bias

• interest

__________________ measure(s) public opinion by selecting a sample that that accurately represents a cross-section of voters.

• Public opinions

• Media

• Propaganda

• Opinion polls

A __________________ group is a group of people or an organization seeking or receiving special advantages, typically through political lobbying.

• political interest

• public interest

• special interest

• public opinion

The views of ordinary citizens

is known as

• propaganda

• lobbying

• bias

• public opinion

A paid agent of a interest group who speaks to state legislators, members of Congress, or government officials in order to influence new legislation or regulations is known as a

• watchdog

• symbol

• lobbyist

• PAC

Bias is

• impartial treatment of two persons, groups, or things

• political statements that exaggerate and overpromise

• a sample that accurately represents a sample of a cross-section of voters

• one-sided; prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

A group of individuals with common interests who seek to influence public policy is called a(n)

• PAC

• interest group

• political party

• special interest group

Methods of communicating with large numbers of people is called

• mass media

• the Internet

• propaganda

• social media

Any interest group (including corporations and labor organizations) formed to funnel large sums of money to support candidates

• government action teams (GAT)

• monetary election government access (MEGA)

• political action committees (PAC)

• government in media monetary election funds (GIMME)

A visual image that represents another thing is a

• cartoon

• eyeball

• replacement

• symbol