What is the principal effect of television on public opinion?

a. persuading people to take one side of an issue or another
b. telling people what to think
c. setting the agenda for thinking and talking about politics
d. establishing new, dominant modes of political thinking


Answer: c

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a. Stokely Carmichael b. Martin Luther King, Jr. c. Malcolm X d. James Meredith

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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A. commerce. B. banking. C. manufacturing. D. welfare. E. licensing of commercial fishermen.

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