AP Gov 6 and 7 by Savannah Julius https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk Chapter 6: Public Opinion and Political Action Chapter 7: Mass Media and Political Agenda en-us 2016-09-16 17:13:28 UTC 2017-03-15 10:32:54 UTC hello@padlet.com http://findicons.com/files/icons/2787/beautiful_flat_icons/128/megaphone.png health care reform 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585585 obamacare]]> 2016-09-18 19:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585585 increase in public opinion POLLING b/c of media 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585602 yet its hard to generalize all of the "American People" since there is so many of us and we are all diverse]]> 2016-09-18 19:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585602 chapter 6 vocab 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585645 https://quizlet.com/_2ihgf0 ]]> 2016-09-18 19:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585645 census is important bc it determines how taxes will be spread out and spent on hospitals, job training, schools, senior centers, public works, and emergency services 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585665 census heavily impacts politics and culture]]> 2016-09-18 19:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585665 11% of US are immigrants 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585728 2016-09-18 19:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585728 3 waves of immigration over US history 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585741 1 = early to mid 1800s w/ northwestern euros
2 = late 1800s to early 1900s w/ southeastern euros
3 = 1960s+ w/ Hispanics and Asians]]> 2016-09-18 19:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585741 used to have quotas but not any more --> priority for letting immigrants in is currently reuniting families 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585801 next would be argued that the other priority is skill]]> 2016-09-18 19:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585801 minority majority is increasing in america and especially in highly urban areas 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585852 all minority groups together outweigh the whites (previous majority)]]> 2016-09-18 19:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585852 issue of illegal immigration, especially with Hispanics 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585889 from Mexico and other central american countries

DONT YOU DARE BUILD THAT WALL TRUMP]]> 2016-09-18 19:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585889 there's a regional shift in the US 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585917 old population centered in northeast but now people are pushing west and south

Arizona, Texas, Florida 
(Sunbelt)

*** as population increases in other states more than others, House is reapportioned every 10 years based on census and populations of states]]> 2016-09-18 19:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124585917 US is getting older? 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124586157
senior citizens living longer, especially in florida.....
stress on Social Security]]> 2016-09-18 20:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124586157 political socializaiotn instilled at a young age  8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124586183 by Family, School, and Media
family: values, children copying parents ideas
school: promote national loyalty with pledge and gov classes and positive history lessons in early edu
media: the new parent? ]]> 2016-09-18 20:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/124586183 tv ratings of presidential debates have gone down since Reagan (with 60) to Obama (with 32) 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126826492 audiences decreasing for presidents
the masses are uninformed]]> 2016-09-27 22:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126826492 mass media = tv radio newspapers magazines internet -- social media 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126826517 meant to not only reach elites but the COMMON MASSES too]]> 2016-09-27 22:22:48 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126826517 chapter 7 vocab 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126826599 https://quizlet.com/_2kcwy3]]> 2016-09-27 22:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126826599 common goal: get control over political agenda through being the priority on daily news 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126826724 media events
political tv ads - costly, usually negative]]> 2016-09-27 22:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126826724 media is a linkage institution 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126826858 2016-09-27 22:27:05 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126826858 FDR invented media politics w/ Fireside Chats on radio  8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126826918 communicated his policies to common american people during great depression]]> 2016-09-27 22:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126826918 shift from politics and policies to personal life and scandals --> investigative journalism 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126826976 cough cough monica lewinsky ahem

investigative journalism: usually unfavorable of candidates]]> 2016-09-27 22:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126826976 print media in US started w/ newspapers in Philly in 1783, US first amendment gives freedom of speech/press 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827114 this freedom allows anyone to write anything about politicians --> can criticize govt... there really is no regulation]]> 2016-09-27 22:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827114 newspapers now on internet since readers have dropped from 1/2 to 1/5 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827255 online subs
$$ - need profit!
  • advertisement
  • mostly biz

]]> 2016-09-27 22:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827255 very few political magazines - specific interests 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827325 Time, Newsweek]]> 2016-09-27 22:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827325 TV beginnings 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827345 Nixon v. JFK debates televised -- caused JFK to win
vietnam: horrific journalism, videos of US not winning war
  • (also lead to distrust of govt)
]]> 2016-09-27 22:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827345 Federal Communication Commissions (FCC)  8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827430 regulates communications via radio/tv/phone/cable/satellite
1. prevent monopolies, no single owner can own greater than 35%
2. examine goals and performance of stations
3. fair treatment rules]]> 2016-09-27 22:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827430 many shows biased and many channels biased 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827597 repub: fox
dem: MSNBC, CNN]]> 2016-09-27 22:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827597 broadcasting (networks) v. narrowcasting (cable) 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827711 goal of prestige v. goal of proft
young adults use narrowcasting cable tv as #1 news source
2/3 americans have cable
  • cable lack political info
  • just talk, only 11% covers stories
  • ideologically run (biased stations) --> selective exposure
  • only shows conflict btwn people and sensationalized stories
talking heads
]]> 2016-09-27 22:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827711 politics through comdey --> infotainment 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827753 2016-09-27 22:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827753 internet is ultimate tool for research but people don't use it to their advantage for politics 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827893 usually pop culture
the political info that is there is biased
anything can be put up, credibility issue
GOOD THING: increases communication between politicians and the masses, more voices heard]]> 2016-09-27 22:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126827893 private control of media leads to more advertisement for money 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126828003 chains
govt/publicly owned programs have less viewers ]]> 2016-09-27 22:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126828003 polling, protests, presses 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126828063 2016-09-27 22:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126828063 newspaper readers are better informed and more likely to vote 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126828100 2016-09-27 22:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/126828100 slective exposure causing ppl to only view one side and only what they want to hear --> block out the opposite/opposing side 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744015 2016-10-02 18:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744015 internet  8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744039 increases communication btwn ppl and politicians
easy for campaign activists to bond
more voices hear

BAD:
anyone can say anything, true or not (credible?)
blogging
narrowcasting
not always informative on important poli issues
does not mean everyone = poli. informed]]> 2016-10-02 18:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744039 private control of media 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744094 journalism = biz
need for profit --> advertisements
  • decline in foreign reporting b/c too expensive
chains!!!!
]]> 2016-10-02 18:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744094 private control of media more pop. in US w/ our freedom of speech and press 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744293 we can bash our prez while in other democracies, you sometimes can't and there would be serious consequences]]> 2016-10-02 18:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744293 newsworthy = unusual, not routine, shocking, interesting, NEW 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744442 decrease in sophistication of news (not really in newspaper tho)
trial balloons
shift from normal news to airing dirty laundry started w/ vietnam and watergate ... all downhill from there YIKES]]> 2016-10-02 18:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744442 news seeps from beats - White House, big cities like NY, DC 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744487 reporters in that area = specialists ]]> 2016-10-02 18:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744487 journalists spread politicians messages and in return politicians keep reporters in the loop 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744545 mutualistic symbiosis
science yo

if not -- issue of censorship]]> 2016-10-02 18:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744545 how news is presented today 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744665
  • TV and Internet: short headlines, superficial, sound bites instead of full speeches
    • "skimming off the cream"
    • --> accurate poli info not spread 
  • it's a business, they need a profit: lean more towards superficial and entertainment than correct info in order to max. audiences
  • broadcasting networks sharing less political info in full form
    • ]]>     2016-10-02 18:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744665     biased news 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744792 usually more liberal - big city reporters are more liberal bc THEY ARE IN A BIG CITY DUH

    audiences want organized chaos
    americans attracted to tragedies and gossip]]>     2016-10-02 18:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744792     agenda setting reflects whats important in media. And what's important in media is what the ppl care about 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744888 its a CYCLE :o

    increase in public attention of an issue or event changes the ppl's evaluations of poli. leaders and situations]]>     2016-10-02 19:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127744888     policy entrepreneurs REALLY make it their job to influence political agenda 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127745004 use press conferences and letters and interest groups to get their ideas and demands about things such as health care and education and immigration to politicians who can make a change about it
    example: Civ Rights in 1960s]]>     2016-10-02 19:01:56 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127745004     media is a watch dog 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127745184 criticizes politicians to keep em in check
    does criticism encourage politicians to take action or to be pushed down and not act at all???
    media are the reformists!
    skeptical of their govt, always ask what they can do, holds them responsible]]>     2016-10-02 19:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127745184     TV encourages individualism in politics 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127745273 how? well bc they always focus on the prez v. congress as a group
    OR
    they show how easy it is to become politically popular w/o poli parties]]>     2016-10-02 19:06:03 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127745273     IMPORTANT: media gives sooo much political information yet the public is still stupidly and sadly uninformed about politics 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127745309 go america]]> 2016-10-02 19:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/127745309 hispanics have outnumbered blacks in america since 2000 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053170 2016-10-04 04:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053170 1986 simpson mazzoli act = have employers make employees prove citizenship before hiring 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053177 cut down illegal immigration
    didn't really work]]>     2016-10-04 04:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053177     random sampling for polling is difficult because random digit dialing doesn't always work 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053319 cell phones more popular than landline
    reaching cellphones is too expensive
    reaching through internet is not always random
    just plain expensive]]>     2016-10-04 04:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053319     bandwagen effect: poll results influence voters 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053366 2016-10-04 04:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053366 types of voters 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053385 ideologues: connect opinions to policies of party/candidate
    group benefit voters: form opinion by a group they like/dislike
    • what can I and my group get out of this if its approved / elected
    nature of the times voters: depends on economy, good means keep, bad means time to go
    no issue content voters: always vote a certain way no matter what, vote one way b/c they like personality of candidate
    ]]>     2016-10-04 04:04:42 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053385     decline of govt trust since 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053595 vietnam, watergate, iranian hostage, gulf war, monica lewinsky, more and more]]> 2016-10-04 04:07:51 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053595 liberals and conservatives, left and right, democrat and republican 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053729 pic link: http://infobeautiful4.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/05/1276_left_right_world.png]]> 2016-10-04 04:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053729 culture war between red and blue states 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053810 such polarizing issues like gay marriage and abortion and drug legalization that there IS NO MIDDLE GROUND]]> 2016-10-04 04:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053810 political participation 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053874 conventional:
    • VOTING
    • running for office
    • petitions

    unconventional
    • protests
    • civil disobedience
    • (violence)

    ]]>     2016-10-04 04:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053874     civil disobedience: Henry David Thoreau, MLK Jr, Rosa Parks, anti-Vietnam demonstrations (Kent State), Keystone Pipeline 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053946 2016-10-04 04:13:14 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128053946 minorities will only be seen to vote more than whites if they have equal economic and social status 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128054125 2016-10-04 04:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128054125 media enhances the importance of communication between people and govt 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128054198 hence the linkage institution... ]]> 2016-10-04 04:17:02 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128054198 investigative journalism and yellow journalism 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128054240 2016-10-04 04:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128054240 cycle 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128055123 policymakers look at the policy agenda which is pushed by the media and policy entrepreneurs because their issues are popular among the masses, which in turn sets the political agenda]]> 2016-10-04 04:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128055123 policy entrepreneurs tricks  8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128055263 press releases
    press conferences
    letter writing
    personal contacts
    staging dramatic events]]>     2016-10-04 04:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/ljx1236fm2bk/wish/128055263