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Definition of 'Public Opinion'?

• an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof

• the aggregation of the views of individuals in society.

• a set of principles or procedures according to which something is done.

• the action of taking on power or responsibility.

Why Media is important for Public Opinion?

• focus the public’s attention on certain personalities and issues, leading many people to form opinions about them

• government officials accordingly have noted that communications to them from the public tend to “follow the headlines.”

• letting individuals know what other people think and by giving political leaders large audiences.

• All of the above

What are agents of 'Political Socialization'?

• Family, Peers, Rumors and Parliment

• Family, Religion, Rumors and Parliment

• Peers, Interest Group, Religion and Political comic strips

• Peers, Interest Group, Religion and Mass Media

What is the given political philosopher's well known of?

• Conflict Theorist

• Anti Democracy

• The Social Contract

• Marxism

Who are the THREE (3) Political Philosophers during the Roman empire.

• Michiavelli, Marx and Smith

• Socrates, Plato and Aristotle

• Dahl, Bently and Truman

• None of the above

Methods of learning public opinion are classified into....

• Formal and informal

• Classical and operant

• Normative and empirical

• Government and Opposition

Definition of 'Pluralism'.

• to indicate the representation of one given societal group

• to understand initiatives by ruling government

• to separate society and represent individualism

• to combine and widely communicate opinions found among the public

Operant conditioning are divided into....

• Cognitive and common sense

• Liberal and Conservative

• Reinforcement and Punishment

• None of the above

"a public is defined by the opinion it shares, an opinion that may not be often be openly expressed but nonetheless can have momentous consequences"...

• Foote and Hart’s (1953) Developmental Model

• Davison’s (1958) Communication and Opinion Leadership Model

• Price and Robert’s Communication and Reciprocal Relationships Model

• Noelle-Neumann’s Social System Process Model: The Spiral of Silence

'people actually tend to fill in events that “should” have happened, given their overall _________.'

Find the suitable word for the sentence.

• Perceptions

• Values

• Opinions

• Knowlledge