The U.S. media have a great deal of journalistic freedoms guaranteed by law, but their corporate ownership subjects them to pressures from __________
a. editors
b. muckrakers
c. anti-trust laws
d. the market
Answer: d
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Consider the following example: a marketing researcher wants to know the influence of participants' gender on willingness to buy toothpaste. In this example, participants' gender is the __________
a. independent variable. b. dependent variable. c. spurious variable. d. subject variable.
What makes American federalism especially intricate?
a. It has far more laws than most federal systems. b. It governs a relatively small area. c. It includes thousands of county, municipality, town, and district governments. d. State constitutions often contradict the national Constitution. e. It governs many loosely affiliated territories.
According to the textbook, President George W. Bush’s use of signing statements ______.
a. threatened the system of separation of powers b. was a strictly ceremonial act with no significance c. helped to clarify for executive agencies how they are to implement laws d. created agreements between presidents and the heads of foreign governments e. was a traditional action taken by presidents to signify their agreement with Congress
Which is the principal result of building interinstitutional coalitions?
A. divided government B. institutional competition C. major revamping of policies D. small, incremental policy changes