A criticism of pluralism is that interest group politics
A) reinforces extremism.
B) encourages moderation.
C) encourages multiple attachments and affiliations.
D) is committed to group goals.
E) is ineffectual.
Question -2-Deciding what is newsworthy, and thus important, is also known as
A) agenda setting.
B) selection bias.
C) equal time.
D) policymaking.
E) journalistic bias.
Question -3-Pollster Bud Roper claims that television has a halo effect that
A) causes people to overestimate how much they learn about news issues from TV.
B) helps people absorb information from the television even when they are not paying attention to it.
C) causes people to watch more television.
D) causes people to forget what they saw on television.
E) All of the above
Question -4-Which of the following is NOT an example of direct action by citizens to force government action?
A) thousands of veterans marching on Washington in 1932
B) Shays's Rebellion
C) Civil War draft riots
D) 1880s violent labor strikes
E) the NAACP's support of Linda Brown