Define commercial media accounts, and give an example of how they can be used as an unobtrusive data source

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Commercial media accounts represent any written, drawn, or recorded materials produced for general or mass consumption (e.g., newspapers, videotapes, maps, blogs, etc.). An example of commercial media as an unobtrusive data source is Molotch and Boden's study of the congressional Watergate hearings of 1973. They used transcriptions from videotapes of the hearings to examine the conversational exchanges between relevant parties during the hearings with the goal of determining how people invoke routine conversational procedures to gain power. Using this written account, Molotch and Boden developed a play-by-play account of domination in the making. They concentrated on the audio portion of the videotapes.

Political Science

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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In Schenck v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that people encouraging men to dodge the draft could be imprisoned because of which of the following?

  a. They were giving aid and comfort to the enemy.  b. They were advocating a Communist revolution.  c. They were inciting violence.  d. ?They were presenting a danger to public order. 

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The patron-client relationship is found in

A. virtually all societies. B. traditional societies. C. corrupt societies. D. very few societies.

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Regulatory agencies do not change when a new administration is elected

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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