AP Gov Chapter 6 and 7 Quiz

Which of the following statements reflects the role public opinion should play according to the majoritarian model of democracy

Government should do what a majority of the public wants

Which of the following statements reflect the role public opinion should play according to the majoritarian model of democracy

Government should so what a majority of the public wants

Evidence suggests that lower-income, lower-educated Americans learn more than news when

It includes information on the historical and factual background of issues

The five members of the Federal Communications Commission

are appointed by the president

The phrase "off the record" means that media

are not allowed to print the information

Children are likely to adopt their parents' party identification when

both parents strongly identify with the same party

As a general trend, Americans with less education are more likely to

choose equality over freedom

The equal opportunities rule did not allow

a TV station to accept advertising only from the owner's favorite candidates

More and more cable news seem analogous to

early partisan newspaper

Generally, the first agent of political socialization that people exposed to is

family

The major agnates of early socialization in the United States are

family, school, community, and peers

A libertarian is most likely to exhibit the characteristics of

high income, high education

The contemporary political "gender gap" refers to the tendency of women to

identify more with the Democratic Party than men do

A story that contains no policy content and is nor related o the day's events but that commonly discusses popular personalities and is designed to draw greater viewer interest is

infotainment

The set values and beliefs that a person holds about the purpose and scope of government is called

political ideology

The process whereby one becomes aware of politics,learns political facts, and forms political values is called

political socialization

The first political institution that young children tend to focus on is the

president

The traditional division of mass media into _______ has been made problematic by the internet

print and broadcast

the first media technology to make broadcast journalist into household name was

radio

Early Regulation of broadcast media in the United States resulted from

radio station owners seeking to impose order on the use of the airwaves

Survey methodology did not become a powerful research tool until the

1950s

In what year did the FCC repeal the Fairness Doctrine

1987

In the current American Context, a liberal would tend to promote

Economic equality ahead of freedom, and freedom ahead of social order

One of the nation's oldest polls, the _________, was started in the 1930s, and was most notably wrong in 1948 when it predicted that Thomas Dewy, the Republican candidate, would defeat the Democratic incumbent, Harry Truman in the Presidential election

Gallup Poll

The Framers guessed that the ______ would reflect public opinion, especially one the crucial issues of taxes and government spending

House of Representatives

The current debate about "net neutrality" concerns whether

ISPs should be allowed to charge people more if they consume a large amount of bandwidth

Which of the following statements concerning latinos is incorrect

Latinos are a racial group

Today, college students are much more ______ than the general public

Liberal

Which of the following statements concerning ideological "moderates" is correct

Many people identify as "moderate"because they do not understand the alternatives

Who is likely to oppose the death penalty *Democrats *African Americans *Liberals *Republicans *Options A,B and C are true

Options A, B, and C are true

Which of the following statements concerning the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) is incorrect *It has five members *its members are nominated by the president *its members serve five year terms * no more than three of its members can be from the same political party *None of the above is incorrect

None of the above is correct

The extent to which any socializing agent is influential depends on

Prolonged exposure to an good communication with the agent, as well as being receptive

Defenders of traditional new reporting make all but which of the following criticisms of the new technological journalism era *the media no longer play critical role in the democratic process *it will not invest heavily in investigative reporting *it will not maintain the sam norms of objectivity *Democratic accountability will be threatened * All of the above are true

The media no longer play a critical role in the democratic process

How does the mass media influence the socialization process

They play contradictory roles, sometimes promoting popular support for government and sometimes eroding public confidence in it

Supporters of the new technological journalism make all but the following defense of the new era

Traditional media, such as newspapers, are successfully reinventing themselves as online ventures

which of the following statements concerning gender and political beliefs is incorrect

Women are more likely to favor going to war

the reason access rule required

broadcasters to make facilities available to all responsible parties in a community wishing to express conflicting views on issues

Private ownership of the media in the United Staes makes the American news industry

dependent on advertising revenues

Regarding the internet, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

does not have jurisdiction to regulate internet content

The now-abolished _____ obligated broadcasters to discuss public issues and to provide equal coverage of all opinions on those issues

fairness doctrine

The first newspapers in the United States were

financed by political parties that advocated party causes

In the presidential elections since 1968, the South has tended to vote

for Republican candidates

As a general trend, college- educated individual are more likely to choose

freedom over social order

a feature story that is aired to a targeted listening audience by a media source that supports a specific advertiser of the network is an example of

market-driven journalism

The term ______________ refers to the tendency of journalist to adopt similar viewpoints toward new simply because they hang around together

pack journalism

In the United States today, the mass media

provide a two way channel of communication between the people and the government

The accuracy of the population sample used for public opinion polls depends on

randomness of selection, size of sample, and variation in the population

Most politicians and many scholars believe that the media's greatest influence on politics is its ability to

set the political agenda

Today the mass media conduct most polls by

telephone

Newspaper did not move toward independent ownership and large circulation until

the 1830s

The basic definition of public opinion is

the collective attitudes of citizens on a given issue or question

The basic definition of public opinions is

the collective attitudes of citizens on a given issue or question

Public opinion polls can be criticized on the grounds that

the way a pollster words a question can determine the answer

officials send out ______ when they intentionally lead news to gauge the reaction of the public or other political leaders

trial balloons