Iyengar and Kinder's research found that TV news __________.
a. can alter the priorities Americans attach to problems depending on which stories are covered
b. has minimal effects on the public opinion of viewers
c. discourages citizens from voting by focusing on the imperfections of the democratic system
d. selects stories that are especially important to business interests
Question -2-According to research by Jacobs and Shapiro, politicians use public opinion polls to __________.
a. tell them how to vote on legislation
b. determine what policies to pursue
c. identify centrist approaches to public policy
d. shape their messages to the public
Question -3-What was the Supreme Court's justification in Brown v. Board of Education?
a. The Supreme Court did not have all of the facts when it adopted the separate-but-equal doctrine.
b. The separate-but-equal doctrine was never intended to apply to people.
c. The quality of life for African Americans in the South had deteriorated considerably since the adoption of the separate-but-equal doctrine.
d. School segregation violated the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection.
Question -4-Which of the following statements about the 1936 Literary Digest poll that predicted Roosevelt's reelection defeat is true?
a. The poll oversampled those with higher income.
b. The poll oversampled groups heavily Democratic in orientation.
c. The poll excluded owners of automobiles.
d. The poll undersampled middle-class voters who owned telephones.
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