UTA POLS 2311 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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Public opinion is Ans✓✓✓attitudes that people have about political
issues, events, leaders, and institutions
A political ideology is best defined as Ans✓✓✓is a set of underlying
orientations, ideas, and beliefs
America's fundamental political values are Ans✓✓✓liberty, equality of
opportunity, democracy
The two dominant political ideologies in American are _____________
and ___________. Ans✓✓✓liberalism and conservatism
A person's political party preferences are primarily acquired through the
influence of ____________________. Ans✓✓✓family, social networks,
education, race and ethnicity, gender, religion
The marketplace of ideas is Ans✓✓✓A public forum in which beliefs
and ideas are exchanged and compete
The small group selected by pollsters to represent the entire population
is called a ________. Ans✓✓✓sample
, What is push pooling? Ans✓✓✓•A polling technique in which questions
are designed to shape the respondent's opinion
What is the bandwagon effect? Ans✓✓✓•A shift in electoral support to
the candidate whom public opinion polls report as the front-runner
Which U.S. president promoted his policy agenda to the American
people through "fireside chats"? Ans✓✓✓FDR
Freedom of the press is protected by ____________________________.
Ans✓✓✓the first amendment
What percentage of Americans own a television? Ans✓✓✓97
What is digital citizenship? Ans✓✓✓•The ability to participate in
society and politics online
•
•Disparities in internet access: according to age, race and ethnicity, and
income
What is niche journalism? Ans✓✓✓can be found in specialty online
sources
has risen over the last decade as traditional print media has declined
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
Public opinion is Ans✓✓✓attitudes that people have about political
issues, events, leaders, and institutions
A political ideology is best defined as Ans✓✓✓is a set of underlying
orientations, ideas, and beliefs
America's fundamental political values are Ans✓✓✓liberty, equality of
opportunity, democracy
The two dominant political ideologies in American are _____________
and ___________. Ans✓✓✓liberalism and conservatism
A person's political party preferences are primarily acquired through the
influence of ____________________. Ans✓✓✓family, social networks,
education, race and ethnicity, gender, religion
The marketplace of ideas is Ans✓✓✓A public forum in which beliefs
and ideas are exchanged and compete
The small group selected by pollsters to represent the entire population
is called a ________. Ans✓✓✓sample
, What is push pooling? Ans✓✓✓•A polling technique in which questions
are designed to shape the respondent's opinion
What is the bandwagon effect? Ans✓✓✓•A shift in electoral support to
the candidate whom public opinion polls report as the front-runner
Which U.S. president promoted his policy agenda to the American
people through "fireside chats"? Ans✓✓✓FDR
Freedom of the press is protected by ____________________________.
Ans✓✓✓the first amendment
What percentage of Americans own a television? Ans✓✓✓97
What is digital citizenship? Ans✓✓✓•The ability to participate in
society and politics online
•
•Disparities in internet access: according to age, race and ethnicity, and
income
What is niche journalism? Ans✓✓✓can be found in specialty online
sources
has risen over the last decade as traditional print media has declined
