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| Political orginization that attracts members by appealing to their political convictions or pronciples |
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| Something of value one cannot get without joining an orginization |
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| Many things valued in monetary terms |
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| A signal telling a legistator what values are at stake in a vote, and how that issue fits with his or her own political views or party agenda |
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| 42. public-interest lobby |
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| An interest group whose efforts significantly benefit nonmembers |
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| A benefit that comes from serving a cause or principle |
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| Assement of a legistator's voting record on issues important to an interest group |
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| A widley shared demand for change in some aspect of the social or political order |
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| The sense of pleasure, status, or companionship experienced in small groups |
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CHAPTER ELEVEN VOCABULARY
CARDS 38-46 |
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CHAPTER TWELVE VOCABULARY
CARDS 47-57 |
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| The tendancy of the national media to be suspicious of officals and eager to reveal unflattering stories about them |
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| A public official's statement to a reporter that is given on condition that the official not be named |
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| A series, or log, of discussion items on a page of the internet |
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| An FCC regulation that if a broadcaster sells time to one canidate, it must sell equal time to other canidates |
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| Media stories about events that, though public, are not reuularly covered by reporters |
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| Media stories about events that are not usually made public |
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| Words that imply a value judgement, used to persuade a reader without having made a serious arguement |
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| Media stories about events that are regularly covered by reporters |
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| Paying attention only to those news stories with which one already agrees |
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| A radio or video clip of someone speaking |
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| Information leaked to the media to test public reaction to a possible policy |
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