Question 1

Discuss the ethical challenges to society that accompany the proliferation of mobile devices and interactive social media.

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Question 2

According to Ambassador Bianca Jagger, "The death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights, a pre-meditated and cold-blooded killing of a human being by the state." Do you agree? Why or why not?

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Question 3

Discuss why the South far exceeds any other region in the country with regard to death penalty executions.

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Question 4

Discuss why the politically connected, whether in government or out, go on television news and opinion shows.

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Question 5

Discuss to what political scientist Fred Greenstein was referring when he described political socialization as the study of "(1) who (2) learns what (3) from whom (4) under what circumstances (5) with what effects."

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Question 6

Discuss the factors that explain how it happens that the vast majority of Americans come to believe that market competition is the best way to organize an economy.

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Question 7

Discuss the similarities and differences of the impacts of old technology and new technology on socialization.

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Question 8

Discuss why schools, even elementary schools, offer a broader horizon on the depth and breadth of politics than the family.

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Question 9

Discuss why the media are among the most powerful shapers of the American political culture and public opinion.

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Question 10

Can we depend upon the media to provide the news and information we need to be responsible democratic citizens? Why or why not?

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Question 11

Discuss whether or not a person can be well and thoroughly informed based on information gleaned from the Internet and talk radio.

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Question 12

Discuss whether or not it is important for the public to see the president's initial thoughts and emotions via Twitter.

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Question 13

Is it more important for the public to see the president's initial thoughts and emotions on important matters via Twitter or to hear about the president's final policies once the discussions have been held and the choices made? Why?

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Question 14

The American media are frequently condemned both as unduly liberal and as hopelessly conservative. How can this be?

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Question 15

Discuss the impact that President Trump's use of the term "fake news" has had on legitimate news sources with regard to their standards of journalism.

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Question 16

Do you believe that President Trump's understanding of politics and policies raises doubts about the viability of the nation's most basic political assumptions? Why or why not?

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Question 17

Discuss the difference, significance, and value of conducting a survey based on a simple probability sample vs. a stratified probability sample.

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Question 18

Discuss the likely reasons why blacks are more supportive of government spending on health care, education, and job training than whites and less supportive of spending for defense and corporate subsidies.

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Question 19

Discuss the causal reasons in the difference between "opinion leaders" and the "mass public" with regard to following and having a knowledgeable base about public affairs.

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Question 20

How much specific information do you believe that citizens need to evaluate government and to decide whether they approve of its performance? Why?

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Quiz 5: Shaping Americans: Political Socialization, Public Opinion, and the Media