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reivew cards for KOHS Government Ap.

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A member of Congress who wishes to maximize his or her news media attention is well advised to do what?   show
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show Selective attention  
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show The nature of Man  
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According to Peter Braestrup, in reporting the 1968 Tet Offensive, the media did what?   show
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According to recent polls, Americans claim to get most of their news from what source(s)?   show
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show People are not stupid  
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show The media markers don’t align with their districts  
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show Civic and religious  
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show Legislative ratings  
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Compared with local journalists, reporters and editors for the national media are more what?   show
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show Greater  
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show Yes, and many of them do  
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show An organization that seeks to influence public policy  
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show Institutional groups represent other organizations and membership groups represent individual people  
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show Slim at best  
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show Provide clear and convincing evidence that the printing was malicious  
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show More liberal  
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How do the different sectors of the media in the United States compare in terms of competitiveness?   show
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show A set of principals which is held in common and often controversial  
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show More adversarial  
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In recent years, the process of renewing broadcast licenses by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has become what?   show
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In the era of the party press, readers consisted of what types of people?   show
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show To conduct a poll  
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show What interest groups she usually agrees with think about the issue  
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show Hostile  
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show Social diversity, governmental fragmentation, weakness of political parties  
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The content of radio and television broadcasts is regulated in ways that newspapers and magazines are not. For example, broadcasters are required by law to do what?   show
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The phenomenon of newspapers being financed by political parties and politicians developed when?   show
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show Higher sense of efficacy and civic duty  
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The text argues that the U.S. Constitution contributed to the problem of press leaks how?   show
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The text describes as a love-hate relationship the interactions between what two groups?   show
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show Focus on who is winning rather than the issues  
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To a remarkable degree, media ownership in the United States is what?   show
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show Keep issues in the spotlight  
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To have its license renewed, a radio or television station must do what?   show
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Two local newspapers that have acquired national readerships are what   show
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Until it was abolished in 1987, what rule obligated broadcasters to present contrasting sides of controversial public issues?   show
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What are the characteristics of the broadcasting industry in the United States?   show
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show Weak political parties, government fragmentation, social diversity  
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show Purposive, solidary, material  
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show Gatekeeper, scorekeeper, watchdog  
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show A diminishing importance of the three big networks and a rise in popularity of cable entertainment  
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What factors led to the development of less partisan newspapers in the nineteenth century?   show
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What is a membership interest?   show
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What is a solidary group?   show
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What is an example of a typical activity that an institutional interest might conduct on behalf of a client?   show
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show One that represents other organizations rather than individuals  
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What is an interest group?   show
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show Interest groups share mailing lists with one another  
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show Competition in the media  
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What is the Dirty Dozen?   show
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What is the main reason why most people who are sympathetic to the goals of a mass-membership activity group do not join it?   show
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show Congressmen are more specialized  
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show More extreme = smaller  
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What might tend to make a reporter treat a public official favorably?   show
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What types of Americans are most likely to join interest groups?   show
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What was an innovative news establishment set up in 1948 to provide systematic dissemination of news to publications of different political persuasions?   show
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When did significant live coverage of House committee hearings begin?   show
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When the New York Times sought to publish the Pentagon Papers and the federal government sued to prevent publication, what position did the Supreme Court take?   show
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Where does most of the national news that local papers publish come from?   show
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show 1st  
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Why can interest groups easily gain access to government in the U.S., as opposed to Great Britain?   show
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Why did electronic journalism probably contribute to the decline in party loyalties?   show
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show Less public support  
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show Because it is scarce and important  
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Why was the Carter-Reagan debate in 1980 sponsored by the League of Women Voters (LWV)?   show
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