Day 3 Political Process

What are the three roles of the media?  

• Gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss

• Informing the public, serving as 'watchdog', & acting as a 'gatekeeper'

• Entertainment, drama, and tea

• Informing the public, entertaining the public, and dog videos

What are two criticisms of the media? 

• Unbiased and positive focus

• Biased and negative focus

• Too distracting and bad for our eyes

• Watchdog and gatekeeper

What does Horse Race coverage mean?

• Focus on who is winning, not the issues

• Gatekeeping

• Watching horses on Fox News

• media relies too much on pictures instead of ideas or what is spoken

What is a poll?

• Asking people stuff

• A survey of a population on an issue.

• Sampling and Timing

• Friends, family, and religion

Why do politicians follow public opinion?

• To become a dictator

• To discover the will of the majority. To influence how they make decisions. To assist them in winning reelection

• To go against what the people want.

What are the 3 influences on public opinion?

• 1- Family

  2- Friends

  3- Religion

• 1- Social Media

  2- Newspaper

  3- Schools

• 1- Ideology

  2- Public Socialization

  3- Media

• 1- In-person

  Online

  2- Phone interview

  3- Online

What did George Gallup do?

• He created Gallup.com

• Founder of a survey company

• He was a former president

• Founder of modern-day polling

What are the 4 main things you have to think of when polling?

• Number of people, languages they speak, people's careers, order

• Age, Name, Race, Ethnicity

• Number of questions, type of questions, wording of questions, and order of questions

• Sampling, Wording, Order, and Timing

What is public opinion

• The voice of the minority

• The voice of the majority

• Something only some people are impacted by

• A survey of people's opinions