Public Policy Vocab Quiz

an organization created to raise and contribute money legally to the campaigns of political candidates.

• Interest group

• Propaganda

• Political Action Committee

• Public Policy

a group of people who hold similar views and goals, and try and influence public policy to achieve them.

• Lobbying

• Bias

• Political Socialization

• Interest Group

contacting a public official to try and persuade them to support the interests of a particular interest group.

• Lobbying

• Objectivity

• Public Opinion

• Mass Media

the choices the government makes and the actions it takes in response to a particular issue or problem.

• Mass Media

• Public Policy

• Propaganda

• Objectivity

• the collection of views shared by a segment of society on issues of interest or concern. 

• Lobbying

• Political Action Committee

• Interest Group

• Public Opinion

the process by which people acquire political beliefs.

• Political Socialization

• Mass Media

• Bias

• Lobbying

• means of communication that provide information to a large audience. 

• Public Policy

• Objectivity

• Mass Media

• Interest Group

statements meant to influence public opinion or promote a cause or viewpoint.

• Propaganda

• Political Action Committee

• Political Socialization

• Public Opinion

• a disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing, usually in a way that is inaccurate, closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair.

• Objectivity

• Bias

• Lobbying

• Public Policy

• lack of favoritism toward one side or another: freedom from bias or outside factors.

• Propaganda

• Public Opinion

• Mass Media

• Objectivity