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| “a process of social interaction by which people acquire the knowledge, attitudes, values, and behaviors essential for effective participation in society” |
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| The Process in which people acquire their political ideals essential for fulfilling ones civic duty. |
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| The impact of an important external event in shaping the views of a generation. |
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| The public's expressed views about an issue at a specific point in time. |
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| A poll conducted in an unscientific manner, used to predict election outcomes. An unofficial ballot conducted as a test of opinion. |
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| A scientific method of selection for a poll in which each member of the population has an equal chance at being included in the sample. |
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| A method by which pollsters structure a sample so that it is representative of the characteristics of the target population. |
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| A process of random sampling in which the national population is divided into fourths and representative counties and metropolitan statistical areas are selected as representative of the national population. |
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| A statistical calculation of the difference in results between a poll of a randomly drawn sample and a poll of the entire population. |
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| A special type of poll that both provides information to campaigns about candidate strengths and weaknesses and attempts to skew public opinion about a candidate. |
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| An election that determines which candidates win the offices being sought. |
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| A primary election is an election that narrows the field of candidates before an election for office. |
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| A type of primary in which both parties' ballots are available in the voting booth, and the voters simply select one on which to register their preferences. |
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| A type of primary in which voting in a party's primary is limited to members of that party. |
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| An election in which voters in a state can vote for or against a measure proposed by the state legislature |
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| A proposed measure placed on the ballot in an initiative election. |
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| A process that allows citizens to propose changes to the state constitution through the use of petitions signed by registered voters; Texas does not have these procedures at the state level. |
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| A special election in which voters can remove officeholders before their term is over |
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| A secret ballot prepared by the government, distributed to all eligible voters, and, when balloting is completed, counted by government officials in an unbiased fashion, without corruption or regard to individual preferences. |
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| The casting of a ballot in advance by mail in situations where illness, travel, or other circumstances prevent voters from voting in their precinct. |
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| A method of evaluating candidates in which voters focus on candidates' positions on issues important to them and vote for the candidates who best represent their views. |
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| A method of evaluating candidates in which voters evaluate incumbent candidates and decide whether to support them based on their past performance. |
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| citizens' trust and faith in government and their own belief that they can understand and influence political affairs, commonly measured by surveys and used as an indicator of the broader health of civil society. Feelings of efficacy are highly correlated with participation in social and political life, however studies have not shown any relationship between public confidence in government or political leaders and voting; efficacy usually increases with age and education. This whole answers is wrong trust me I just jotted something down. |
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o DMV and voter registration in one (National Voter Registration Act 1993)
o Also allows registration at public assistance agencies |
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| Election day registration |
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o Elimination of the closing date
o You just register at the polls |
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o Registering and voting before the election
o Example of North Carolina |
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| Date by which one must register in order to vote in a given election |
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| Cable television, the Internet, blogs, and satellite technology |
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| The process by which the media set a context that helps consumers understand important events and matters of shared interest. |
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| Bringing certain policies on issues to the public agenda through media coverage. |
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| The media also help to shape the public agenda—public issues that most demand the attention of government officials. The media commonly influence the setting of the public agenda by priming—using their coverage to bring particular policies on issues to the public agenda. |
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| A theory of communication, positing that individuals prefer exposure to arguments supporting their position over those supporting other positions, media consumers have more privileges to expose themselves to selected medium and media contents. |
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| describes how we categorize and interpret sensory information in a way that favors one category or interpretation over another. In other words selective perception is a form of bias because we interpret information in a way that is congruent with our existing values and beliefs. Psychologists believe this process occurs automatically. |
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| confirmation bias taken to the next level. Motivated reasoning leads people to confirm what they already believe, while ignoring contrary data. But it also drives people to develop elaborate rationalizations to justify holding beliefs that logic and evidence have shown to be wrong. Motivated reasoning responds defensively to contrary evidence, actively discrediting such evidence or its source without logical or evidentiary justification. |
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| An irresponsible, sensationalist approach to news reporting, so named after the yellow ink used in the “Yellow Kid” cartoons in the New York World. |
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| Criticism and exposés of corruption in government and industry by journalists at the turn of the twentieth century. |
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| Having a physical appearance and exhibiting personal qualities that are deemed highly appealing to television viewers |
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| The inequality of access to computers and Internet connections. |
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| A community, or social network, of bloggers. |
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| Effects of fake news media |
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| The Treatment of political topics in entertainment-oriented programs helps make political information more cognitively accessible, or top of mind, to entertainment audiences. At the same time, it provides a basic level of understanding about politics, or a knowledge schema, which aids in the assimilation and interpretation of new political information. |
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