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AP GOV 2.2&2.3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anything used to connect people: newspapers, radio, tv; forms of popular communication | Mass media |
| Mass media | Anything used to connect people: newspapers, radio, tv; forms of popular communication |
| Used by politician during and after campaign to keep positive image day-to-day in the press | Image making |
| Image making | Used by politician during and after campaign to keep positive image day-to-day in the press |
| First president to use media affectively; ex: press conferences | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | First president to use media affectively; ex: press conferences |
| 3 Key events of mass media development | 1. Vietnam war 2. Watergate scandal 3. Shift to investigative journalism |
| 1. Vietnam war 2. Watergate scandal 3. Shift to investigative journalism | 3 key events of mass media development |
| Soured press on govt. affairs, brining up critical environment within journalism | Events of the vietnam war & watergate scandal |
| Events of the vietnam war & watergate scandal | Soured press on govt. affairs, brining up critical environment within journalism |
| Use of detective-like reporting to unearth scandals | Investigative journalism |
| Investigative journalism | Use of detective-like reporting to unearth scandals |
| Anything on paper reported | Print media |
| Print media | Anything on paper reported |
| Main source of newspapers on national & world news within medium and small towns | Associated Press |
| Associated Press | Main source of newspapers on national & world news within medium and small towns |
| Electronically reported news | Broadcast media |
| Broadcast media | Electronically reported news |
| Gradually displaced print media as americans principal source of news & info; radios/tvs | Broadcast media |
| Broadcast media | Gradually displaced print media as americans principal source of news & info; radios/tvs |
| Main criticism of cable news | Lack of deep news & in-depth value; "face-value" "clickbatey" "consumable" |
| Lack of deep news & in-depth value; "face-value" "clickbatey" "consumable" | Main criticism of cable news |
| Replaced broadcasting with staions targeting narrow audiences | Narrowcasting |
| Narrowcasting | Replaced broadcasting with staions targeting narrow audiences |
| American buisness where profits shape how journalists define what is newsworthy, info gained, and how to present. Whats entertaining & profiatable | American News |
| American News | American buisness where profits shape how journalists define what is newsworthy, info gained, and how to present. Whats entertaining & profiatable |
| The Downs Model | Model showing that 40% of voters make up the left 40% of voters making up the right, with 20% of voters made up of centrist voters |
| Model showing that 40% of voters make up the left 40% of voters making up the right, with 20% of voters made up of centrist voters | The Downs Model |
| To win office, more wise political party presents policies with broad public appeal; majority of american electorates are middle, with successful parties rarely straying from midpoint of public opinon | Rational choice theory |
| Rational choice theory | To win office, more wise political party presents policies with broad public appeal; majority of american electorates are middle, with successful parties rarely straying from midpoint of public opinon |
| Ticket spliting | voting for candidates of different parties on same ballot |
| voting for candidates of different parties on same ballot | Ticket spliting |
| Who are most likely to split their tickets? | Independant voters |
| The dying urban machines | Local parties |
| Local parties | The dying urban machines |
| No longer very active | Urban parties |
| Urban parties | No longer very active |
| Patronage | jobs rewarded on political reasons |
| jobs rewarded on political reasons | Patronage |
| 2 National party organizations | 1. National Convention 2. National Commitee |
| Eah party meets every 4 years to write its platform & nominate canidates for president & vice president | National Convention |
| National Convention | Eah party meets every 4 years to write its platform & nominate canidates for president & vice president |
| Composed of representitives from the states & territories; keeps party operating between conventions | National Commitee |
| National Commitee | Composed of representitives from the states & territories; keeps party operating between conventions |
| One party dominating as the majoirty power for longer periods of time | Party era |
| Party era | One party dominating as the majoirty power for longer periods of time |
| Critical elections | Starts a party era; issues that appear & divide people, ex (democrats vs republicans) |
| Starts a party era; issues that appear & divide people, ex (democrats vs republicans) | Critical elections |
| Party realignment | Rare major crisis or trauama in history causing adjustments in parties (civil war, great deppression) |
| Rare major crisis or trauama in history causing adjustments in parties (civil war, great deppression) | Party realignment |
| A new coalition | Set of induviduals or groups supporting upcoming party |
| Set of induviduals or groups supporting upcoming party | A new coalition |
| Explain the 3rd party era of 1860-1896 aka the Republican Era | - Issue of slavery dominating politics - Republican party rose late 1850s as anti slavery party; Abraham Lincoln - Civil War: major realignment = causing party dominations for around 60 years -> Republicans dominate; democrats fail |
| Explain 5th party era of 1932-1964 aka the New Deal Coalition | -Franklin D. Roosevelt's new deal easily defeated Hoover in 1932 (Great Deppression Era) -> Democrats Dominate & Republicans fail - Roosevelt forged new deal coalition from diverse groups: Unions workers, southerners, liberals, poor, African Americans |
| Explain 6th party era of 1964-present aka Divided Government Era | - Republicans nor Democrats are dominating - Nixons "Southern Strategy" flipped conservatives to republican party for southerners - Party realignment means that people are gradually moving away from both parties |
| Specific locations best news reporters are assigned to where news frequently comes from, like Congress | Beats |
| Beats | Specific locations best news reporters are assigned to where news frequently comes from, like Congress |
| Those who makes the news depends on the _______ to spread certain info | media |
| Info leaked on purpose to see what public/political reaction will be | Trial Balloon |
| Trial Balloons | Info leaked on purpose to see what public/political reaction will be |
| Reporters rely on ______ _____ to keep them informed | Public officials |
| Point/counterpoint news coverage | News format where stories are present with two opposing views |
| News format where stories are present with two opposing views | Point/counterpoint news coverage |
| Responsible for regulating broadcasting | Federal Communications Commision (FCC) |
| Federal Communications Commision (FCC) | Responsible for regulating broadcasting |
| People who intest their political capitol on an issue; depend on media to get ideas placed high on govt agenda | Policy Enturpenuers |
| Policy Enturpenuers | People who intest their political capitol on an issue; depend on media to get ideas placed high on govt agenda |
| Endorse canidates for public office and try to win elections | Political parties |
| Political parties | Endorse canidates for public office and try to win elections |
| 3-headed snake of parties | 1. Party in electorate 2. Party as an organization 3. Party in government |
| 1. Party in electorate 2. Party as an organization 3. Party in government | 3-headed snake of parties |
| People who see themselves as party members | Party in electorate |
| Party in electorate | People who see themselves as party members |
| National office;full time staff, rule/bylaws and budgets, ran by political activits between elections | Party as an organization |
| Party as an organization | National office;full time staff, rule/bylaws and budgets, ran by political activits between elections |
| Elected officials who call themselves memebers of the party (president/congress) | Party in government |
| Party in government | Elected officials who call themselves memebers of the party (president/congress) |
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