Barbour and Wright maintain that American democracy is ______.
a. improved by decreased regulation of media ownership
b. unaffected by feeding frenzies because the public has grown wary of their impacts
c. enhanced by the work of bloggers, spin doctors, and pundits
d. weakened by the media if they make political accountability more difficult
e. typically unaffected by lapses in political accountability
d. weakened by the media if they make political accountability more difficult
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A) true zero. B) equal intervals. C) magnitude. D) transitivity.
Whose views account for the most of the movement in aggregate public opinion?
a. those of moderately attentive scorekeepers b. those of opinion leaders c. those of uninformed members of the public d. those of politically well-connected policy makers e. those of newspaper editors
What is the model of development assistance by which short-term relief (food, water, and shelter) is provided to victims of natural disasters or war?
A. Oxfam B. handout C. disaster relief D. private agency
According to the text, bureaucrats with more conservative views are more likely to be found in the
A. Treasury Department. B. Federal Trade Commission. C. Environmental Protection Agency. D. Food and Drug Administration. E. None of these are correct.