Media and Interest Groups

the various methods of communicating information

• society

• media

• bias

• liberal

Which role of the media is being shown by the picture?

• Broadcasting Different Points of View

• Writing editorials, creating political cartoons, publishing op-ed pieces

• Emphasize Selected Issues

• Identifying Candidates

Which group on the table would be most likely to support a ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico?

• Interest Group 1

• Interest Group 2

• Interest Group 3

• Interest Group 4

The diagram in  the picture gives details about the American political system.
Which title completes the diagram?

• How interest groups decide an issue

• How interest groups engage in electioneering

• How interest groups use publicity to win support

• How interest groups lobby state and federal legislators

Use the graph to answer this question: Based upon the information in the graph, where should a candidate spend the most campaign funds for advertising?

• Newpaper

• Television

• Internet

• Radio

Which activity is used by interest groups to influence public policy?

• bribing legislators to support their proposals

• impeaching their opponents in the legislature

• sponsoring news programs on major television networks

• giving legislators the benefit of their subject-area expertise

Which propaganda technique is used in this political communication?

• making a false analogy

• appealing to readers' fears

• presenting an opinion as fact

• smearing an opponent's character

The graph above shows where Americans obtain their news. Use this graph to answer questions 5 and 6. Based upon the information in the graph, where should a candidate spend the most campaign funds for advertising?

• newspaper

• television

• Internet

• radio

The table above describes four interest groups.
Which group on the table would be mostly likely to support a ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico?

• Interest Group 1

• Interest Group 2

• Interest Group 3

• Interest Group 4

Which activity is used by interest groups to influence public policy?

• bribing legislators to support their proposals

• impeaching their opponents in the legislature

• sponsoring news programs on major television networks

• giving legislators the benefit of their subject-area expertise