American Politics Today - Essentials (3rd Ed)

SOURCES OF OPINIONS| 131 Some events that shape beliefs are specific, individual experiences. For example, someone who believes ...

132 CHAPTER 5|PUBLIC OPINION AND THE MEDIA support for Republican candidates by people who live in suburbs and those with stro ...

Polls on the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy reported very diff erent fi ndings, making it diffi cult to know what the ...

134 CHAPTER 5|PUBLIC OPINION AND THE MEDIA Measuring Public Opinion For the most part, information about public opinion comes ...

MEASURING PUBLIC OPINION| 135 population, or group of people, such as the residents of a specific congressio- nal district, eva ...

136 CHAPTER 5|PUBLIC OPINION AND THE MEDIA ISSUES WITH SURVEY METHODS Building a random sample of respondents is not easy. One ...

MEASURING PUBLIC OPINION| 137 government policy to allow gay men and lesbians to serve openly (that is, disclose their sexual o ...

138 CHAPTER 5|PUBLIC OPINION AND THE MEDIA because of what the candidates have done but because the respondents’ opinions are ...

CHARACTERISTICS OF AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION| 139 Characteristics of American Public Opinion American public opinion encompasses ...

140 CHAPTER 5|PUBLIC OPINION AND THE MEDIA are moderates, with fewer than 40 percent saying they are liberal or conservative. ...

CHARACTERISTICS OF AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION | 141 be shaped by how much a citizen trusts the government; more trust brings highe ...

142 CHAPTER 5|PUBLIC OPINION AND THE MEDIA of Congress and the government bureaucracy for shortcomings, portraying them- selve ...

CHARACTERISTICS OF AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION | 143 list below summarizes opinion data on some of these issues. Certain issues car ...

144 CHAPTER 5|PUBLIC OPINION AND THE MEDIA reform immigration laws may have more to do with confl ict within Congress, pressur ...

THE NEWS MEDIA| 145 tions in late 2009 and the continued reductions in troop levels in 2010 and 2011 were also consistent with ...

146 CHAPTER 5|PUBLIC OPINION AND THE MEDIA years have seen signifi cant declines in newspaper readership. Companies that once ...

THE NEWS MEDIA| 147 What Diff erence Does the Internet Make? The Internet has made new kinds of political information available ...

148 CHAPTER 5|PUBLIC OPINION AND THE MEDIA The Internet also provides access to a wealth of analytic information. During the 2 ...

THE NEWS MEDIA| 149 LOWERED BARRIERS TO PUBLICATION The Internet has lowered the barriers to publication. A generation ago it w ...

150 CHAPTER 5|PUBLIC OPINION AND THE MEDIA Third, most people do not consult a wide range of media sources. Instead, they focu ...