Hypodermic hypothesis - Answer Media injects ideas into our brain, but we don't
believe everything we see/hear/read
So, we choose sources that typically agree with us
Agenda setting - Answer Media coverage makes people think an issue is important/
focuses attention on a certain issue
Too large...
PSCI 1101 TEST 3 with Questions and answers
Hypodermic hypothesis - Answer Media injects ideas into our brain, but we don't
believe everything we see/hear/read
So, we choose sources that typically agree with us
Agenda setting - Answer Media coverage makes people think an issue is important/
focuses attention on a certain issue
Too large of a roll in determining issues?
Show stories of "relative" importance
Media has power to set political agenda
Ex: Role of media in Vietnam war (televised footage)
Priming - Answer Whichever issue you see more on the news aka "education" or "the
economy", can change your view on a something like "budget cuts"
GOP Nevada Caucus results - Answer Trump won by a significant margin
Supreme Court Vacancy - Answer Justice Scalia Died, very conservative judge
Republicans in senate proposed a "no vote" until new president is elected
Democrats in senate want to appoint a new Justice
Could sway ideological views of supreme court for years to come
Obama said he will appoint in "due time"
,GOP Candidates - Answer Donald Trump
Ted Cruz
Marco Rubio
John Kasich
DEM Candidates - Answer Hilary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
What shapes views? - Answer (Government, gatekeepers, organizational goals)->News
coverage-->(Politicians, public opinion, democracy)
In the US - Answer Little restriction on press
--> free speech, free press
Super Tuesday results - Answer Rep.: Trump won
Dem.: Clinton won
Paid Media - Answer Campaign ads (politicians must raise money for this)
Media and Democracy - Answer Does the media provide us with the information we
need to become good citizens?
Media as watchdog (honest by investigating)
Other preform that function as well
1. Opposition
2. Interest groups
3. Us
, POLITICAL PARTIES - Answer GOVT CH 7/CAMPAIGN VID
Caucus problems-worth it? - Answer Hard to Boulder voters to caucus
Explaining trumps success - Answer 1. personality and politics
Winning southern states
Non educated base
Authoritarian stance
Political party - Answer Group that organizes to:
1. Win elections
2. Determine policy
3. Run the government
Republicans - Answer 2012 data:
91.5 percent white support
Catholic support has grown a lot
So has evangelical
Democrats - Answer 2012 data:
93 percent AA support
69 percent hispanic support
75 percent asain support
39 percent white support
expanding hispanic vote
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