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reivew cards for KOHS Government Ap.

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show Attack the president  
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A process that limits the short-term effect of radio and television on voters is one that psychologists call what?   show
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According to James Madison what were the latent causes of faction were rooted in?   show
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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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According to the text, the principal reason why political candidates cannot be sold like a deodorant is what?   show
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show The media markers don’t align with their districts  
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Americans are more likely to join what type of interest groups than Europeans?   show
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An important tool that organizations like the AFL-CIO and Americans for Constitutional Action use to influence politicians’ behavior is the publication of what?   show
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show Liberal  
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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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Definition of, and examples of, institutional versus membership interest groups.   show
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Describe the scholarly evidence that political action committee (PAC) money buys votes in Congress.   show
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show Provide clear and convincing evidence that the printing was malicious  
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How do members of the national media compare to the average citizen in terms of ideology?   show
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show Electronic media more competitive than newspapers, and becoming more so  
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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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show More relaxed and easy  
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In the era of the party press, readers consisted of what types of people?   show
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One method used by lobbyists to convince undecided legislators that public opinion on an issue is inclined toward their direction is what?   show
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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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show Allow individuals the right to reply to an attack  
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show In the earliest days of our republic  
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The reason Americans participate in civic associations more frequently than do citizens of other countries is what?   show
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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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show Politicians and the media  
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show Focus on who is winning rather than the issues  
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show Dispersed (in a lot of different hands, in other words)  
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To be effective, purposive membership organizations count on what?   show
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To have its license renewed, a radio or television station must do what?   show
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show The New York Times and the Washington Post  
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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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show Decentralized, local, privately owned  
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What are the reasons for the proliferation of interest groups in this country?   show
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show Purposive, solidary, material  
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What are the roles of the national media? Be able to recognize examples of each?   show
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What characterizes the new era of electronic journalism?   show
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show Paid advertising reduced the need for government subsidies  
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show One that appeals to individuals rather than organizations  
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show One that appeals to personal motivations such as companionship  
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show Lobbying for favorable government treatment of an industry or business  
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What is an institutional interest?   show
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show An organization that seeks to influence public polity  
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What is illustrated by the many interest groups that contacted four-month-old Daniel Aaron Schlozman?   show
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What is one explanation for the adversarial relationship that has developed between government officials and the media since Watergate?   show
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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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What is the reason Congress does not receive as much media coverage as the president?   show
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show More extreme = smaller  
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show The hope of cultivating a source  
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show Upper SES  
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show Associated Press (AP)  
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show 1974 Watergate Hearings  
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show Allowed the publication  
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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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show Political parties are weak  
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Why did electronic journalism probably contribute to the decline in party loyalties?   show
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Why have unions declined in membership?   show
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Why is information such an important commodity to interest groups and legislators alike?   show
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show Because the LWV didn’t have to include those other than the two major candidates  
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