1. Special Interest Groups and Propaganda
Civics 11.3

2. Economic Interest Groups
Interest group based on a monetary interest
Labor Unions: employees who work together to achieve common goals.
Better Working Conditions
More Pay
Chamber of Commerce

3. Social Interest Groups
Many social Interest groups
Private Groups
Promote only special interests of its members
NRA, NAACP, AARP
Public Interest Groups
Promote causes that affects the lives of Americans in General
League of Women Voters
Nonpartisan - not affiliated with a particular party.

4. Interest Groups and the government
#1 goal of interest groups is to influence public policy
Concentrate on Courts, Elections, Lawmakers
Political Action Committees (PACs)- collect money from members and donates it to a specific candidate

5. Lobbying
Lobbyists – representatives of interest groups or Private company whose job is to contact law makers
Provides law makers with facts that support their cause
Interest Groups are protected by the 1st Amendment right to assembly

6. Regulations on Interest Groups
Laws restrict how much money they can give a candidate
Ex-Public Officials must wait to become lobbyists.

7. Interest Groups use of Propaganda
Interest groups often use Propaganda to further their cause.
There are 7 different types of propaganda
The Bandwagon: join us and win
Name-Calling
Endorsement
Stacked Cards
Glittering Generality
Just Plain Folk: Were just like you
Transfer

8. Endorsement: Popular people publically support candidates

10. Name Calling: focusing on your opponents negative aspects

12. Transfer: associating patriotic symbols with a patriot

13. Glittering Generalities: The candidate will bring use peace and prosperity

14. Stacked Cards: showing two different takes one overly positive one overly negative