Discuss the media's role in political socialization, with a focus on how and why different generations might have been socialized differently.?
What will be an ideal response?
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The constitution of a nation establishes which of the following?
A. institutions B. ideologies C. politics D. membership
The effectiveness of mass media is limited by the
A. sensitizing of the public to critical issues. B. confusion created by a number of messages. C. lack of a specific direction. D. all of the above
Even though the one-group pretest-posttest design is inadequate, it has one methodological advantage over the one-group posttest-only design, and that is
a. the use of randomization. b. external validity. c. pretest scores can be compared to posttest scores. d. statistical tests are available to use with that design.
Walter Lippman was a well-known public opinion scholar of the early twentieth century. What was Lippman’s primary argument concerning public opinion and politics?
a. Voting should be left to those who demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge. b. Americans are highly capable and are willing to seek the information necessary to make an informed choice in the voting process. c. Voters in certain regions lack the ability or desire to effectively learn about the issues and to seek the necessary information to make an informed choice. d. Only those who have a formal education should be allowed to vote. e. Citizens invest very little energy and effort in acquiring information about politics, and as a consequence, the public lacks the necessary knowledge for their opinions to provide value.