Chapters: (5, 6, 9&21)
Iron triangles
Issue Network
Free rider barrier to interest group
membership
Political Action Committee (PAC)
Interest groups àACLU, NAACP, LULAC, NOW, AIM, AFL-CIO, Pro-life,
pro-choice, Advocacy, cause groups
Tort reform;
public opinion
political socialization
agents of political socialization à(family background, schools, religion, peers, mass media
etc.)
polls à (straw polls, push polls, exit polls, tracking polls, poll-timing,
questions wording, interpretation,
random sampling, respondent interaction)
political efficacy (internal and external)
political legitimacy
mass media à
libel; slander; equal-time; prior restraint, TV malaise, muckraking
political philosophy of the media àliberal or conservative
First Amendment, freedom of the press
Censorship & Prior restraint
Blank shielding of the media reporters
Write an essay in which you explain political socialization. Then use the following agents of political
socialization
to explain
how they contribute and shape political attitudes, political knowledge and
beliefs of American people.
a) family b) school
c) peer group d)
media
1. Write an essay on the sources of media power using the
variables below. Explain how these powers are
used to help
decide who get what, when and how in Americans’ public policy making process.
a) newsmaking power of the media
b) political agenda setting power of the media
c) news interpretation power of the media
b) political socialization power of the
media
2. Write an essay about the politics and economic interest
of the media using the following factors:
a) sensationalism b) negativism
c) mudracking d) persuasion
4. The number of interest groups active in
American politics has increased significantly since the 1960s.
Write an essay in which you identify at least three reasons for the increases in interest group activities.