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