Terms

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This political viewpoint is known for its measured approach to change sometimes being accused of desiring the status qou

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Conservative

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These shape political ideology because they are important to tax policies, economic conditions, and how one reacts to changes in the economy

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Economic Attitudes

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This is said to bestow, either through belief in a divine sovereign or through reason, certain unalienable rights upon humamnity

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Natural Law

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Parts of political ideology that are shaped by lifetime events, lifetime experiances, personal interactions, or social identity

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Personal Attitudes

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This political viewpoint is known for its desire for rapid change

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Liberal

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The result of ideas that come from varying areas of attitude that have a strong connection to each other

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Correlated Attitudes

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Bestowed upon individuals by the state often limiting the power of the state over the individual

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Civil Liberties

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This is how people see society and are heavily influenced by political socialization

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Social Attitudes

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Most Americans identify themeselves as this in regards to political beliefs

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Centrist

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A set of ideas, ideals, and principal. Is that govern not only how one looks at the world but how the world ought to look

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Political Ideology

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An argument based upon the authority of the one making the argument or the resources used in the argument

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Ethos

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An argument used to distract from the main argument by one of the parties in the conversation

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Red Herring

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Used as filter for our experiances

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Passions

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An argument that attacks the opponent personally and not the opposing argument

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ad hominem

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A topic like abortion, that aalmost everyone has an opinion on and requires little specialized knowledge

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Soft Issue

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An argument that draws its strength from the passion of the argument being made in the hopes of swaying the passions of the hearer

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Pathos

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The process by which our identity becomes developed

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Socialization

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Arguments wither used as a defense when one is unable to argue on merits of a position or used as an offense by making the skewing the opponents arguements in order to make them easier to defeat

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Straw Man

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A topic that requires specalized knowledge in order to fully engage the topic

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Hard Issue

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An argument that draws on critical thinking and logic to persuade

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Logos

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Two or more of these are combined in the process of logic to develop aa conclusion

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Premise

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A built in point where a policy ends or is reviewed

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Sunset Clause

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Unpredicted actions that area result of change

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Spillover Affects

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Identifying a problem that exists and getting the support organized to address the issue through policy

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Agenda Building

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People, attitudes, position, resources, etc. that can get in the way of success of a solution, but that can possibly be overcome

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Obstacles

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An oppotunity to address an issue based on a policy or set of policies that they can have prepared for just such a situation

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Policy Window

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The individuals or groups that can help people achieve their goals

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Allies

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While not bearing great influence, these are designed to make society feel good about government

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Symbolic Policies

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Non-negotiable and can completely derail any success a policy may have

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Roadblocks

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This is caused by the public only receiving a small portion of the information relating to a news story because of lack of time

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Fragmentation

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The practice of the media to tell the public which issues are importan; this is often influenced by the companies who are major shareholders in media outlets

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Agenda Setting

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These are small selected pieces of a speech or news story that at times can be taken out of context

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Soundbites

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When a person supporting a policy "becomes" the policy or news item; an example of this is calling the Affordable Care Act "ObamaCare"

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Personalization

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When the media frames the news as a crisis instead of focusing on factual information

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Dramatization

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This is the attempt of anyone, but particularly the press, to create an image in the mind of the viewer of the correct information shifting the issue to a particular solution

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Framing