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POS2041 Q4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Most Americans are unified in their belief in the principles of liberty, equality, and democracy. T or F | True |
| During the formation of an individual's initial political orientation, the influence of family counts for very little. T or F | False |
| Levels of education have not been shown to affect one's political opinions. T or F | False |
| Differences in opinion can be influenced by one's gender. T or F | True |
| Calling randomly selected phone numbers is a good way for pollsters to reduce sampling errors. T or F | True |
| A free media is necessary to democratic government in order to investigate wrongdoing on the part of government officials. T or F | True |
| Television reaches more Americans than any other single source of news. T or F | True |
| Newspapers are among the most heavily regulated media in the United States. T or F | False |
| Most journalists describe themselves as conservative or moderate-to-conservative. | False |
| Because of their dependence on government sources, the news media are unable to set the agenda of public policy debate. T or F | False |