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Influences on Government: Public Opinion, Media, Money, and Interest Groups

This article explores the various factors that influence government decisions, including public opinion, political parties, mass media, and money. Public opinion reflects the views of the populace and can shape policy. Political parties work to get candidates elected and influence governance. The mass media, comprising print and electronic forms, serves as a communication tool while also presenting challenges in terms of bias and regulation. Additionally, interest groups and lobbying efforts further affect public policy. Money plays a critical role in election campaigns, highlighting the financial aspects of politics.

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Influences on Government: Public Opinion, Media, Money, and Interest Groups

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  1. How Government Is influenced

  2. Things that influence government: • 1. Public Opinion • 2. Political Parties • 3. Mass Media • 4. Money • 5. Mass Media

  3. 1. Public Opinion • Popular Sovereignty • Ideas and attitudes people have about government • Public Opinion Poll: survey to see how people feel • Polls and Democracy: important to find out how people feel

  4. What does this Mean?

  5. 2. Political Parties • Group of people with broad common interests who try to influence the government by getting people elected

  6. Mass Media

  7. Mass Media • Communication for everyone • Print Media: newspapers, magazines, books • Electronic Media: radio, TV, internet

  8. We Like the Media • 70% of adults read newspapers • 90% of American homes have TV • 62% of Americans have 1 or more computers

  9. Protecting the Media • 1stAmendment • Freedom of Press • Freedom of Speech • Prior Restraint: government censorship before it is published

  10. Politicians and the Media • Frenemies • Media needs Politicians- give them news • Politicians need media: lets the people know what’s going on • Leak: information given to reporters about certain actions

  11. Limits on the Media • Libel: printing false information that will harm someone’s reputation • FCC: Federal Communications Commission • Choose ratings, show times, what channels can show what

  12. Media and National Security • Sometimes can’t let people know everything (war time) • World War 2 • Depth charges of Japanese too shallow • Media reported it

  13. Social Media • Facebook, Twitter, etc. • Facebook: over 1 billion users (1/5 of world pop.) • Twitter: 500 million users, 362 million active users

  14. Social Media and the World • Arab Spring: First time Social Media is used as a major communication • Egypt: Revolution made possible by social media • Organized rallies, protests bc of Facebook

  15. Members in World • United States -166.1 million • Brazil-58.4 million • India-55.3 million • Indonesia-47.5 million • Mexico-38.3 million

  16. Media Today • Becoming increasingly partisan • Partisan: strongly supporting one side • Media Bias: Media reporting with prejudice for one side

  17. Examples of Media Bias: • Neutral: Israeli tanks ready to attack the Gaza Strip • Bias: Israeli tanks ready to murder and destroy innocent people living within Gaza Strip • Bias: Heroic Israeli soldiers ready to destroy the evil enemy living inside the Gaza Strip

  18. 4. Interest Groups

  19. Different Interest Groups • Interest Groups: people who share a point of view and unite to promote their beliefs • 1. Economic Interest Groups • 2. Special Interest Groups • Public Interest Groups

  20. Economic Interest Groups • Based on Economic Interests • Chamber of Commerce: promotes free enterprise (gov’t lets companies go free) • Tobacco Institute: promotes cigarette companies • Labor Unions: promotes workers

  21. Special Interest Groups • Organized for other reasons • Race, Ethnicity, Age • NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

  22. Public Interest Group • Public Interest Groups: support causes that affect Americans in general • Common Cause: fights for things all Americans care about

  23. Influencing Government • Public Policy: course of action taken in response to a situation • Lobbyists: representatives of interest groups who contact lawmakers to influence policy making

  24. Political Action Committees (PACs) • Corporations and Unions come together to collect money for elections

  25. 5. MoneyPaying for Election Campaigns

  26. How to win an Election • Canvassing- talking to people • Endorsements- people who support you • Advertising and Image Molding • All this costs money

  27. Elections are Expensive! • 1. Average election cost for Congress- $1.5 million • 2. Presidential race can cost hundreds of millions of dollars- • 3. 2012 campaign: $6 Billion • 4. 2008: $700 million

  28. Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) • All campaign contributions must be made public • Limit on hard money: money given directly to a candidate

  29. PACs: Political Action Committees • Soft money: donations are given to a political party instead of for an election campaign

  30. Super PACs • Citizens United ruling: corporations are people and have the same rights as people have (freedom of speech) • Super PACs- can raise unlimited amounts of money as long as it does not go to the candidate (both sides used them in 2012)

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