Media, Political Parties & Interest Groups
- Identify and explain the role of the media in the political system.
- -the role of the media in the political system is to spread the word in masses as many people pay attention to the media. the media can also be used to ruin lives and win votes of people during a primary. although there is regulations on the media, such as they cannot publish stories that will make certain people look bad. (Illuminati)
- Examine the impact of the media on public opinion, voter perceptions, campaign strategies, electoral outcomes, agenda development, and the images of officials and candidates.
- -the impact media causes is that people may change their political views or on who the person watching the media will vote on, this is also called propaganda. voters might not like a candidate because they might have done one little thing that the media will exaggerate and emphasize so they lose votes.
- Identify and describe the symbiotic and frequently conflicting relationship among candidates, elected officials, and the media.
- -it may be good to have relationships with upcoming candidates, but it may also be catastrophic due to the fact that they will both know each others dirty little secrets.
- Identify and describe the goals and incentives of the media as an industry and how those goals influence the nature of news coverage.
- -the goals of the fourth branch of government is to make the most money out of all the other medias. that is why they all want more and more publicity also because they make moneys off of the advertisement.
- Examine and analyze the consequences of the increasing concentration of major media outlets in fewer hands, as well as the growing role of the Internet.
- -if there were fewer hands helping with the media not much news would get around because there is a lot of jobs and people needed for everyone to know the news that happens all around the country. medias also always want to be the first to talk about a major event.
- Identify and describe the political roles played by a variety of lobbying and interest groups .
- -interest groups are groups of people who focus on specific rights that will benefit the country. interest groups are very important because they make sure we keep some very important rights such as the second amendment (right to bear arms). lobbying is how these interest groups make money to finance their movement.
- Explain why some interests are represented by organized groups while others are not, and the consequences of this difference in representation . Identify and describe interest groups, what do they do, how they do it, and how this affects both the political process and public policy.
- -some interest are represented organized because they have money unlike the smaller unorganized interest groups.
- Discuss why certain segments of the population able to exert pressure on political institutions and actors in order to obtain favorable policies?
- -certain segments such as the elderly people are able to exert pressure because they have connections and have a lot of money so the control a bigger part of the economy.
- Identify and describe the mechanisms that allow citizens to organize and communicate their interests and concerns.
- -people can begin their very own interest group and speak to their local congressman to get policies passed or changed.
- Examine the significance of the historical evolution of the U .S . party system, the functions and structures of political parties, and the effects they have on the political process.
- -the significance of the historical evolution of the U.S. is that it gave the basis of the two major political parties such as the republicans and the democrats.
- Examine the of issues of party reform and of campaign strategies and financing in the electronic age provides students with important perspectives.
- -the electronic age has made candidates less involved physically with people but he now has more time to get things done such as passing bills or laws his people want to go through.
- Trace and discuss the development and the role of PACs in elections and the ideological and demographic differences between the two major parties, as well as third parties.
- -A P.A.C is a political action committee whose main job is to utilize contributions from contributors and donate them for or against a certain candidate.