Political Communication Quiz 6 (20 MCQs)

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1. Politics is the activity through which people make, preserve and amend the general rules under which they live
2. Propaganda technique involving the use of a celebrity or spokesperson to speak on behalf of a product of candidate
3. ..... is how trustworthy you think a media message is.
4. Facilitating the formation of public opinion and feeding that opinion back to the public form whence it came is the function of media for .....
5. The importance of an informed, knowledgeable electorate dictates that democratic politics must be pursued in the .....
6. Any nonviolent, legal means of encouraging or disapproving government action, directed to the judicial, executive or legislative branch
7. People who are concerned with some particular issue or part of the government and who try to influence legislators or to act in their favor, also known as a special interest group
8. According to the text, how does the author describe the impoverishment of electoral content?
9. Once mandated (or rejected, as the case may be) the political parties agree to abide by the constitutional rules of the political system in which they operate, respecting the limitations it puts on their power to implement or oppose policy, until such time as another electoral opportunity comes along
10. Which political party has these beliefs-government regulation of the economy and higher taxes for the rich?
11. The column is a stylistic dramatisation not only of the subject or issue at hand but also of the pundit's rightful status to speak on it authoritatively
12. Whole-family secrets = keeping secrets from outsiders
13. What is the propaganda technique called "Testimonial" based on?
14. Which of the following is a method used by interest groups to support their cause through the legal system?
15. Which option presents a clear point of view?
16. Following the Indonesian riots of May 1999 and the resignation of President Suharto, several political reforms were set in motion via amendments to the Constitution of Indonesia, which resulted in changes to all branches of government
17. Some examples of interpersonal political communication are mentioned below, except for .....
18. The media play a hegemonic role by contributing the maintenance of consent for a system of power
19. The press and broadcast media, by the nature of their functioning and role, employ different modes of intervention in politics
20. The media is taking role as an important political actors by (1) transmit the messages about organizations to the public, (2) organize the political events, (3) moderate the political events, (4) transform the political events toward political news, and (5) give an interpretation of a political event. The right actions conducted by media are number