WorksheetsSOL Review CE 10 Public Policy
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
All of the following are ways the media plays important role in setting the public agenda expect.
Focusing public attention on selected issues
Offering a forum in which opposing viewpoints are communicated
Holding government officials accountable to the public
Telling the public what to think
Government officials use the media to ____________ with the public.
communicate
media
influence
share
Please select all of the correct strategies for evaluating media.
Separating fact from opinion
Lobbying public officials
Detecting bias
Evaluating sources
Identifying propaganda
Seeking to influence legislators to introduce or vote for or against a bill is know as _______________.
PACs
Influencing
Lobbying
Propaganda
Participating in politics (e.g., voting, campaigning, seeking office) and joining interest groups are ways individuals can influence ____________ ____________.
public policy
public opinion
public contributions
public attitude
Individuals and interest groups influence public policy in all of the following ways except.
Identifying issues
Making political contributions
Lobbying government officials
Expressing opinions
Creating Op-Eds
Identifying issues, making political contributions, lobbying government officials and expressing opinions are all ways that ___________ and ____________ influence public policy.
Individuals and Interest Groups
Individuals and People
Individuals and Countries
Individuals and Pets
A person who seeks to influence legislators to introduce or vote for a bill in known as _______________.
Judge
Manager
Lobbyist
New Anchor
Which of the following is not an type of interest group.
Public Interest Groups
Economic Interest Groups
Private Interest Groups
Ideological Interest Groups
Single-Issue Groups
When watching a political ad on YouTube it is very important that you evaluate the ad using all the following strategies except.
Separate fact from opinion
Detect Bias
Believe everything you see
Evaluating sources
Identify propaganda
Which type of interest group focuses on one narrow topic like drunk driving?
Single Issue
Public Interest
Economic Interest
Ideological Interest
Which type of interest group promotes a set of beliefs?
Public Interest
Ideological Interest
Professional Interest
Economic Interest
