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AP Gov Parties/Media
all terms for political parties and media unit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Amicus Curiae Brief | “friend of the court” brief filed by an interest group to influence a Supreme Court decision |
| Dealignment Argument | contention that parties are less meaningful to voters, who have abandoned the parties in greater numbers to become independents |
| Divided Government | government in which one party controls the presidency while another party controls the Congress |
| Elite Theory | theory that upper class elites exercise great influence over public policy |
| Factions | term used by Madison to denote what we now call interest groups |
| Fairness Doctrine | FCC rule (no longer in effect) that required broadcasters to air a variety of viewpoints on their programs |
| Feeding Frenzy | term for when the media “attack” when they sense wrongdoing or scandal |
| Free Rider Problem | problem faced by interest groups when citizens benefit from interest group action without actually contributing to the interest group |
| Horse Race Coverage | the tendency of the media to report on who’s winning and losing |
| iron triangle | informal association of federal agency, congressional committee, and interest group that is said to have heavy influence over policy making |
| litigation | the act or process of carrying out a lawsuit |
| lobbying | attempting to influence policy makers |
| nonpartisan elections | elections in which candidates are not identified by party membership on the ballot |
| photo opportunity | staged campaign event that attracts favorable visual media coverage, e.g. a candidate reading to school children |
| pluralism | theory that policy making is the result of interest group competition |
| Patronage | appointing loyal party members to government positions |
| revolving door | the cycle in which a person alternately works for the public sector and private sector, thus blurring the individual’s sense of loyalty |
| selective exposure | the practice of choosing media sources which are in harmony with one’s own beliefs |
| selective perception | the practice of perceiving media messages the way one wants to |
| sound bite | a short, pithy comment that is likely to attract media attention |
| spin control | placing a certain slant on a story to deflect negative public attention against a candidate or office holder |
| unit rule | an abandoned rule of the Democratic Party where the candidate with the most delegates from a state won all of that state’s convention votes |
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