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seeking to influence legislators to vote for or against a bill

• campaigning
• lobbying
• policy making
• participating

joining interest groups

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

Which is not an influence that the media has on public policy and policymakers?

• focusing the public attention on specific issues
• offering a forum in which opposing viewpoints are communicated
• holding government officials accountable to the public
• sticks to the political center on controversial issues

Participating in politics (voting, campaigning, seeking office)

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

Government officials use the _________ to communicate with the public.

• media
• Congress
• General Assembly
• citizens

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

• Newspapers
• News Channels
• Mass Media
• The Internet

One way individuals can influence public policy is by

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

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

• Newspapers
• News Channels
• Mass Media
• The Internet

identifying the issues

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

expressing opinions (lobbying, demonstrating, writing letters)

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