1. Interest Groups and Mass Media Get This Done, Please

2. Interest Groups and Mass Media Pairs/Solo 1 answer per index card Document the resource used

3. Interest Groups and Mass Media 1 In what ways do people participate in the political process in the US?

4. Interest Groups and Mass Media 2 What laws regulate Congressional lobbying?

5. Interest Groups and Mass Media 3 What are the different types of interest groups?

6. Interest Groups and Mass Media 4 What are the electioneering activities of interest groups?

7. Interest Groups and Mass Media 5 What are the material incentives of joining an interest group?

8. Interest Groups and Mass Media 6 Who can form a Political Action Committee?

9. Interest Groups and Mass Media 7 What are think tanks?

10. Interest Groups and Mass Media 8 What is the outsider strategy used by interest groups to achieve their goals?

11. Interest Groups and Mass Media 9 Identify at least three differences between interest groups and political parties

12. Interest Groups and Mass Media 10 What is spin?

13. Interest Groups and Mass Media 11 What is the adversarial press?

14. Interest Groups and Mass Media 12 What is narrowcasting and how has it affected campaigns?

15. Interest Groups and Mass Media 13 What are inside or “insider” stories?

16. Interest Groups and Mass Media 14 What are trial balloons?

17. Interest Groups and Mass Media 15 What is the free-rider problem as it pertains to public interest groups?

18. Interest Groups and Mass Media 16 What is the equal time rule?

19. Interest Groups and Mass Media 17 What factors influence party identification among voters?

20. Interest Groups and Mass Media 18 What is the public perception of the effects of special interests on the democratic system?

21. Interest Groups and Mass Media 19 How is the initiative process used?

22. Interest Groups and Mass Media 20 What is lobbying and what are the most common techniques employed by interest groups?

23. Interest Groups and Mass Media 21 What is the significance of the NY Times v US decision?

24. Interest Groups and Mass Media 22 Do PAC’s buy influence?

25. Interest Groups and Mass Media 23 What are the functions of interest groups?

26. Interest Groups and Mass Media 24 What makes an interest group successful?

27. Interest Groups and Mass Media 25 What are the most effective commodities at the command of an interest group?

28. Interest Groups and Mass Media 26 What are the campaign finance limits that apply to Political Action Committees?

29. Interest Groups and Mass Media 27 What is a social movement?

30. Interest Groups and Mass Media 28 What is a test case brought by an interest group?

31. Interest Groups and Mass Media 29 What are selective perception and selection retention?

32. Interest Groups and Mass Media 30 Which medium is more closely regulated: broadcast or print?

33. Interest Groups and Mass Media 31 Does the mass media have a liberal bias?

34. Interest Groups and Mass Media 32 What is the theory of iron triangles?

35. Interest Groups and Mass Media 33 What is the difference between hard money and soft money in campaign finance?

36. Interest Groups and Mass Media 34 What is meant by the free-rider problem?

37. Interest Groups and Mass Media 35 How do the media fulfill the function of agenda setting?

38. Interest Groups and Mass Media 36 Why do the media have difficulty covering the Supreme Court?

39. Interest Groups and Mass Media 37 What does it mean that interest groups have an upper-class bias?

40. Interest Groups and Mass Media 38 Does the mass media change people’s opinions about issues?

41. Interest Groups and Mass Media 39 What is grassroots lobbying?

42. Interest Groups and Mass Media 40 What is meant by media conglomeration?

43. Interest Groups and Mass Media 41 What are the solidary incentives to join interest groups?

44. Interest Groups and Mass Media 42 What is the most important and the least important resource at the disposal of an interest group?