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Chapter 8-2 Interest Groups

Chapter 8-2 Interest Groups. Terms: bias, impartial. Types of Interest Groups. People join interest groups because there is strength in numbers. Bias: one sided of point of view. Impartial: consider all view points equally. Interest groups are biased. Interest groups vary in size.

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Chapter 8-2 Interest Groups

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  1. Chapter 8-2Interest Groups • Terms: bias, impartial

  2. Types of Interest Groups • People join interest groups because there is strength in numbers. • Bias: one sided of point of view. • Impartial: consider all view points equally. • Interest groups are biased. • Interest groups vary in size. • The 1st Amendment guarantees the right of people to belong to interest groups.

  3. Types of Interest Groups • Economic Interest Groups: • business organizations, professional associations, labor unions, and industrila or trade associations. • Business Organizations represent specific kinds of business. • Tobacco Institute is one of the largest. • National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers. • California Redwood Association

  4. Types of Interest Groups • Labor Unions focus on wages, working conditions. and benefits. • They pressure governments to pass laws that will benefit and protect their workers. • American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organization (AFL-CIO) • National Football League Players Association

  5. Types of Interest Groups • Professional Associations are made of members of specific progessions. • American Medical Association (doctors) • American Bar Association (lawyers) • Other Interest Groups (age, gender, ethnic, specific causes) • NAACP, CORE, NOW, AARP • Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, Green Peace. • These are considered Private Groups (benefit just the members) • Public Interest Groups work to benefit all or most of society. • Common Cause works to expose corruption and favoritism in government.

  6. Techniques Interest Groups Use • Advertise: Direct Mail, TV, Radio, Newspaper Ads. • Common Propaganda Techniques: • Endorsements: famous people endorse or support them. • Stacked Cards: a technique that presents just one side of an issue. • The Bandwagon: convincing people that everyone is going to vote for certain candidate. • Glittering Generality: is a statement that sounds good but is essentially meaningless. • Symbols: using a symbol to be more patriotic than the other candidate. • Just Plain Folks: make the candidte appear just like them. • Name calling: is an attempt to turn people against an opponent or an idea by using an unpleasent label or description for that person or idea.

  7. Terms • bias: one sided of point of view. • Impartial: consider all view points equally.

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