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Review for Media/Parties/Interest Groups Test (An
exam so difficult the CDC has quarantined my home computer, lest the test spread
to other school computers, leading inexorably to panicked students rioting,
pillaging, and wearing ever droopier pants. The horror, the horror.) Party press Rise of mass media Objectivity Rise of broadcast journalism Vietnam, Watergate and the adversarial press Current issues Libel What do you need to show to win a libel case Libel defenses New York Times V. Sullivan Willful negligence and actual malice The Zenger case Prior restraint Near v. Minnesota New York Times v. US CNN v Noriega Regulation of the broadcast media Fairness doctrine, equal time rule, right of rebuttal, decency Bias Goldberg’s allegations Parenti’s allegations Sella’s allegations Reporter-editor bias Source bias Audience bias Power of the media Agenda setting Focus Ability to sway voter decisions Dependency of politicians on the media Dependency of the media on politicians Off the Record/on the record/on background
PartiesComparison of US parties to European counterparts History of the parties Founding, historical coalitions, modern coalitions Functions of the parties Recruiting candidates Voter mobilization Fundraising Party identification Organizational Policy entrepreneurs Nominating candidates Caucuses – history and current use Conventions – history and current use Primaries – history and current use Closed and open primaries Organization of the parties Weakening of the parties Reasons why Impact Impact of 3rd parties Why do they tend not to win elections, but still have influence? Electoral realignments What are they? When do they happen? When was the last one? Interest GroupsFederalist #10 – Causes of factions Dangers of factions How the Constitution handles the problems of factions Pluralism and its critics Campaign Finance Law Buckley v. Valeo Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act Soft money Issue ads Individual and PAC contributions 527s Randall v Sorrell, Federal Election Commission v Wisconsin Right to Life Citizens United v FEC Growth of interest groups Why are there more of them? Who tends to be in them? Interest Group Tactics Going public Industrial advertising Grassroots lobbying Astroturf lobbying Lobbying Political Action Committees Military industrial complex and other iron triangles The “revolving door” Litigation Groups who have used it successfully Environmental, women’s rights and disability rights groups General -- How are parties different that interest groups (goals, tactics, membership) |
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