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Exam 3 - PSCI 1101 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers.
Intermediary organizations - answer✔✔The media, political parties and interest groups. They
"filter" the democratic process between the people and the government.
sound bite - answer✔✔A recorded comment (8 seconds?) that captures a thought and has an
immediate impact on viewers and listeners
Personal attack ad - answer✔✔negative political ad attacking a candidate's character
issue ads - answer✔✔ad pointing out flaws in a candidates position or credibility
news management - answer✔✔News coverage that is manipulated (managed) by campaign
manager or political consultant. To gain positive media exposure; Spinning stories to benefit
ones campaign; through sound bites, talking points, dramatic visuals
journalistic values - answer✔✔objectivity, accuracy, fairness, thoroughness, transparency
Objectivity - answer✔✔treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices;
Fact checking has helped Journalist become more objective in identifying and cracking down
political lies and misrepresentation
prior restraint - answer✔✔government censorship of information before it is published or
broadcast
New York Times vs. United States (1971) - answer✔✔Was a United States Supreme Court Case.
The Supreme Court ruled that it was possible for the New York Times and Washington Post
newspapers to publish the then-classified Pentagon Papers without risk of government censure.
Gatekeepers - answer✔✔people who determine which stories are news and how they are told;
reporters, editors
Horse race coverage - answer✔✔Media coverage of electoral campaigns that concentrates on
who is ahead and who is behind, and neglects the issues at stake.
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Public media system - answer✔✔media outlets are owned, dictated, and managed by the
government; resource for the entire electorate; shouldn't be partisan biased in their coverage;
example: BBC
Private media system/free market system - answer✔✔media outlets' financing is provided by
individuals or private groups; protected from the gov under the first amendment
Talking points (message of the day) - answer✔✔Points that are used in a speech/message to the
public to ensure your message is understood; designed to support one's argument; Coordinate
sound bites with everyone on your side
agenda setting - answer✔✔The ability to determine which issues are considered important by the
public and by politicians
priming - answer✔✔An agenda-setting technique in which a media outlet promotes specific facts
or ideas that may affect the public's thinking on related topics
political party - answer✔✔an organized group of people who have the same ideology, or who
otherwise have the same political positions, and who field candidates for elections, in an attempt
to get them elected and thereby implement the party's agenda; main 2 in US are democrat and
republican
Puzzle of parties - answer✔✔Politicians build parties to raise money, awareness, chances of
winning elections etc. Parties are beneficial to the politicians.
Why 2 parties? - answer✔✔party can win a seat only if its candidate gets the most votes
(difficult for smaller parties); election laws favor major parties, need fewer signature than a party
to be endorsed or put on the ballot, nature of election process works against third-party
candidates
plurality elections - answer✔✔an electoral system in which each voter is allowed to vote for
only one candidate, and the candidate who gets the majority vote wins; most votes = 1 seat =
winner take all
proportional representation - answer✔✔An election system in which each party running receives
the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.
strategic voting - answer✔✔Giving your support to a party or candidate that is not your first
choice in order to avoid an even worse outcome.
Duverger's law - answer✔✔the simple-majority single-ballot system favors the two-party system
while proportional systems lead to multi-partyism
two-party system - answer✔✔An electoral system with two dominant parties that compete in
national elections.
Exam 3 - PSCI 1101 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers.
Intermediary organizations - answer✔✔The media, political parties and interest groups. They
"filter" the democratic process between the people and the government.
sound bite - answer✔✔A recorded comment (8 seconds?) that captures a thought and has an
immediate impact on viewers and listeners
Personal attack ad - answer✔✔negative political ad attacking a candidate's character
issue ads - answer✔✔ad pointing out flaws in a candidates position or credibility
news management - answer✔✔News coverage that is manipulated (managed) by campaign
manager or political consultant. To gain positive media exposure; Spinning stories to benefit
ones campaign; through sound bites, talking points, dramatic visuals
journalistic values - answer✔✔objectivity, accuracy, fairness, thoroughness, transparency
Objectivity - answer✔✔treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudices;
Fact checking has helped Journalist become more objective in identifying and cracking down
political lies and misrepresentation
prior restraint - answer✔✔government censorship of information before it is published or
broadcast
New York Times vs. United States (1971) - answer✔✔Was a United States Supreme Court Case.
The Supreme Court ruled that it was possible for the New York Times and Washington Post
newspapers to publish the then-classified Pentagon Papers without risk of government censure.
Gatekeepers - answer✔✔people who determine which stories are news and how they are told;
reporters, editors
Horse race coverage - answer✔✔Media coverage of electoral campaigns that concentrates on
who is ahead and who is behind, and neglects the issues at stake.
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Public media system - answer✔✔media outlets are owned, dictated, and managed by the
government; resource for the entire electorate; shouldn't be partisan biased in their coverage;
example: BBC
Private media system/free market system - answer✔✔media outlets' financing is provided by
individuals or private groups; protected from the gov under the first amendment
Talking points (message of the day) - answer✔✔Points that are used in a speech/message to the
public to ensure your message is understood; designed to support one's argument; Coordinate
sound bites with everyone on your side
agenda setting - answer✔✔The ability to determine which issues are considered important by the
public and by politicians
priming - answer✔✔An agenda-setting technique in which a media outlet promotes specific facts
or ideas that may affect the public's thinking on related topics
political party - answer✔✔an organized group of people who have the same ideology, or who
otherwise have the same political positions, and who field candidates for elections, in an attempt
to get them elected and thereby implement the party's agenda; main 2 in US are democrat and
republican
Puzzle of parties - answer✔✔Politicians build parties to raise money, awareness, chances of
winning elections etc. Parties are beneficial to the politicians.
Why 2 parties? - answer✔✔party can win a seat only if its candidate gets the most votes
(difficult for smaller parties); election laws favor major parties, need fewer signature than a party
to be endorsed or put on the ballot, nature of election process works against third-party
candidates
plurality elections - answer✔✔an electoral system in which each voter is allowed to vote for
only one candidate, and the candidate who gets the majority vote wins; most votes = 1 seat =
winner take all
proportional representation - answer✔✔An election system in which each party running receives
the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.
strategic voting - answer✔✔Giving your support to a party or candidate that is not your first
choice in order to avoid an even worse outcome.
Duverger's law - answer✔✔the simple-majority single-ballot system favors the two-party system
while proportional systems lead to multi-partyism
two-party system - answer✔✔An electoral system with two dominant parties that compete in
national elections.
