Deck 12: Political socialization, the mass media, and Public opinion polls

Question 1

The National Post supports the Conservatives.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What percentage of Canadian homes subscribe to cable or satellite television?

A)50
B)65
C)85
D)90

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following increases a person's degree of political participation?

A)newspaper consumption
B)television viewership
C)radio listenership
D)Internet consumption

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What term is used to describe the sum total of opinions held by members of the public on any subject?

A)political culture
B)public interest
C)public opinion
D)public sector

Question 5

How do individual corporations try to influence political attitudes and opinion?

A)through product advertising
B)through advocacy advertising
C)through new public management
D)through redistributive egalitarianism

Question 6

The Harper government has been maintaining strict control over the flow of information and therefore, has been less accessible to reporters.

Question 7

What is believed to counter the bandwagon effect?

A)the ancillary effect
B)the rebound effect
C)the underdog effect
D)the anathema effect

Question 8

Which Royal Commission on Newspapers was prompted by the simultaneous closing of the Winnipeg Tribune and Ottawa Journal?

A)the Berger Commission
B)the Kent Commission
C)the MacDonald Commission
D)the Smith Commission

Question 9

The clearest discrepancy between public policy and public opinion is probably on the issue of capital punishment.

Question 10

What is the preferred medium for political information?

A)radio
B)Internet
C)newspapers
D)television

Question 11

Agenda setting deals with the manner in which information about an issue is presented.

Question 12

Spin doctors are lobbyists who work for the government.

Question 13

Who owns the Toronto Sun?

A)Quebecor/Sun Media
B)Black Press
C)Continental
D)Transcontinental

Question 14

The Toronto Star is read by more than 90 percent of media executives.

Question 15

During the 1988 election campaign, many groups and companies attempted to influence public opinion about the Free Trade Agreement.

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a technique of news management?

A)the free flow of information on government operations
B)news leaks and trial balloons
C)government secrecy
D)strategic timing and distribution of information

Question 17

Francophones watch more drama on television than anything else.

Question 18

The classic case of a church influencing the political values, attitudes, and opinions of its members was the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec.

Question 19

The merging of different companies, cultures, and technologies is a mark of globalization often called convergence.

Question 20

What is the Official Secrets Acts now called?

A)Security of Information Act
B)Emergencies Act
C)Access to Information Act
D)Accountability Act

Question 21

Compare and contrast the different agents of political socialization.

Question 22

What are some of the issues that can arise from the relationship between the media and politicians?

Question 23

Explain the class-analysis approach toward political socialization.

Question 24

How is public opinion in Canada measured?

Question 25

How is the media involved in political agenda-setting?