REVIEW SHEETS

Review Sheet #2

Covers political participation, voting, electoral politics and the mass media:

conventional participation
unconventional participation
impact of age, education, income on voting
types of unconventional participation
differences between men and women on party, ideology, voting
interest group
reasons why interest groups form
sources of interest group strength
free rider problem
Examples of legitimate interest groups
Examples of interest groups lacking legitimacy
pluralism
ways of lobbying at the national level - - congressional and executive branches
political parties
difference between interest groups and political parties
examples of third parties
dealignment
campaign theme and strategy
primary season
electoral college
factors affecting voter turnout
turnout among young people
gender gap in voting
four roles of the media
censorship
self-censorship
symbiotic relationship between government and the media
CNN
C-SPAN
pseudoevents
sources of news - - television, radio, magazines, newspapers, Internet
Kennedy-Nixon presidential debate
negative advertising