If a cable news channel decides to report on a senator's financial indiscretions rather than report on a piece of congressional legislation that failed to pass, that news channel is practicing which of the following?
A. Hard news
B. Blogosphere politics
C. Net neutrality
D. Gerrymandering
E. Agenda setting
Answer: E
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A. combat police corruption. B. remove incompetent or corrupt judges from the bench. C. keep career criminals in prison. D. eliminate disruptive behavior from courtrooms.
Describe the role of theft on the post-Stalin Russian legal system
A) Theft was punished severely: a mere indictment almost certainly assured a 10-year prison sentence. B) With strict punishments set in place, theft greatly declined in the years after Stalin's rule. C) Theft became the norm for Soviet economic life and helped bring down the system. D) Because all government property "belong[ed] to the people," private citizens could legally steal from the government.
One reason why public opinion polls need to be interpreted with caution is because _______.
A. survey researchers are almost always biased, therefore presenting the question in a biased way B. polls are unreliable because they place individuals on the spot, often resulting in inaccurate responses C. the sample polled may not be representative of the group to whom the opinion is attributed D. the question posed may not reflect the sample's affective orientations
Which of the following interacted to shape European state making?
A. protection and capital accumulation B. war making and protection C. extraction, protection, and capital accumulation D. WAR making, extraction, and capital accumulation