When a news organization decides to report a story on a tornado by focusing on how many are dead versus how many survive, it engages in ______.
a. framing
b. focusing
c. priming
d. news management
e. agenda setting
a. framing
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Which of the following would likely fall under the jurisdiction of a state court?
a. a criminal trial b. a maritime trial c. a constitutional question d. a trial in which one litigant is the U.S. government
How is the independent variable different from the dependent variable?
a) the independent variable is manipulated during the experiment to understand the effects of this manipulation on the dependent variable b) the dependent variable is manipulated during the experiment to understand the effects of this manipulation on the independent variable c) dependent and independent variables are only used when researchers are not interested in looking at the effects of one thing on another, but only in how variables may be related d) the independent variable is a variable not included in the experiment, but is related to one of the variables in the experiment
Generally, Latinos in the United States have had a comparatively low level of political participation. Which of the following explains this trend?
A) More than one-third of Hispanics are below voting age. B) Cubans tend to identify with the Republican Party. C) Latino households are often members of this country's working poor. D) Lack of job training is usually more notable among new Latino immigrants. E) Hispanics are not considered American citizens.
Which late 20th century American president is responsible for making the Republican Party more coherently conservative?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower B) Richard Nixon C) Gerald Ford D) Ronald Reagan