gov test 4 definition's Flashcards
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Define public opinion
the collective attitudes and beliefs of individuals on one or more issues.
Define Ideology
An ideology is a set of opinions or beliefs of a group or an individual.
Define Value
the fundamental beliefs and principles that guide individuals’ attitudes and behaviors towards political processes and institutions.
Define attitude
A political attitude refers to an individual’s consistent beliefs, values, and feelings about political issues, policies, and institutions.
Define political socialization
The process by which people acquire political beliefs and values. - People acquire these beliefs through relationships with family, friends and co workers, web.
Define agents of socialization
It enacts laws that uphold social norms and values, and it also provides institutions and services that support citizens.
Define liberalism
Liberalism is a political and economic doctrine that emphasizes individual autonomy, equality of opportunity, and the protection of individual rights.
Define conservatism
political doctrine that emphasizes the value of traditional institutions and practices.
Define liberationism
Libertarianism is a political philosophy that takes individual liberty to be the primary political value.
Define socialism
a populist economic and political system based on collective, common, or public ownership of the means of production.
Define random digit dialing
a method used in surveys where telephone numbers are selected at random from a given population to gather data on public opinion.
Define margin of error
is a statistical term that represents the amount of random sampling error in a survey’s results.
Define gender gap
between groups differences (i.e., how men and women differ from each other in their support for a candidate). The women’s vote refers to within-groups differences (i.e., the difference in women’s support for leading party’s candidate and trailing party’s candidate).
Define media
The collection of all forms of media that communicate information to the general public is called mass media, including television, print, radio, and Internet.
Where does the media get their protections from?
The first amendment.
Define broadcast media
covers a wide spectrum of different communication methods such as television, radio, newspapers, magazines and any other materials supplied by the media and press.
Define media monopoly
A media monopoly occurs when a single company or entity dominates the media landscape, controlling a significant share of media outlets, platforms, or content.
Define watch dog
a group that watches the activities of a particular part of government in order to report illegal acts or problems
Define citizen journalism
journalism that is conducted by people who are not professional journalists but who disseminate information using Web sites, blogs, and social media.
Define ethical journalism
Ethical journalism means taking responsibility for one’s work and explaining one’s decisions to the public.
Define principal of journalism
To inform and teach
Define partisan media
Partisan media refers to news outlets and platforms that openly support a particular political party or ideology.
Define adversarial journalism
a form of reporting in which the media adopt a skeptical or even hostile posture toward the government and public officials.
Define filter bubbles
Personalized web experience based on metrics about you and your history on the web