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Welcome. to. POLITICAL PARTIES/INTEREST GROUPS/MEDIA Jeopardy!. Final Jeopardy. Round 1. Round 2. Wuzup? 6. Terms 1. Terms 2. Terms 3. Terms 4. Yo Mama 5. Round 2. Final Jeopardy. $100. $100. $100. $100. $100. $100. $200. $200. $200. $200. $200. $200. Scores. $300.

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  1. Welcome to POLITICAL PARTIES/INTEREST GROUPS/MEDIA Jeopardy!

  2. FinalJeopardy Round 1 Round 2

  3. Wuzup?6 Terms 1 Terms2 Terms 3 Terms 4 Yo Mama5 Round 2 Final Jeopardy $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 Scores $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

  4. Another word for “friend of the court” filed by an interest group to influence a Supreme Court decision. $100

  5. $100 What is an “Amicus Curiae”brief? Scores

  6. The problem faced by interest groups when citizens can reap the benefits of interest group action without Actually joining, participating in, or contributing money to such groups. $200

  7. What is the “free rider” problem? $200 Scores

  8. Elections in which candidates are not identified by party membership on the ballot. $300

  9. What are Nonpartisan elections? $300 Scores

  10. FCC rule (no longer in effect) that required broadcasters to air a variety of viewpoints on their programs. $400

  11. What is the Fairness Doctrine? $400 Scores

  12. A ballot in which candidates are arranged by party rather than office. Encourages straight ticket voting. $500

  13. $500 What is a Party Column Ballot? Scores

  14. A ballot in which candidates are arranged by office rather than party. Encourages split ticket voting. $100

  15. What is an office column ballot? $100 Scores

  16. Appointing loyal party members to government positions is called: $200

  17. $200 What is Patronage? Scores

  18. Placing a certain slant on a story to deflect negative public attention against a candidate or office holder. $300

  19. What is Spin Control? $300 Scores

  20. Daily Double

  21. A staged campaign event that attracts favorable visual media coverage, e.g., a candidate reading to a group of school children. $400

  22. $400 What is a Photo Opportunity? Scores

  23. A short, pithy comment that is likely to attract media attention, e.g., Ronald Reagan saying, “A recession Is when your neighbor loses his job, a depression Is when you lose your job, and recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his job.” $500

  24. What is a Sound Bite? $500 Scores

  25. $100 A contention that parties are less meaningful to voters, who have abandoned the parties in greater numbers to become independents.

  26. What is a Dealignment argument? $100 Scores

  27. Attempting to influence policy makers is called: $200

  28. What is Lobbying? $200 Scores

  29. Daily Double

  30. $300 An informal association of federal agency, congressional committee, and interest group that is said to have heavy influence over policy making.

  31. What is an Iron Triangle? $300 Scores

  32. $400 theory that upper class elites exercise great influence over public policy.

  33. $400 What is Elite Theory? Scores

  34. The practice of perceiving media messages the way one wants to. $500

  35. What is Selective Perception? $500 Scores

  36. A theory that policy making is the result of interest group competition. $100

  37. What is Pluralism? $100 Scores

  38. Just as sharks engage in a feeding frenzy when they sense blood in the water, the media “attack” when they sense wrongdoing or scandal in government, and devote great amounts of coverage to such stories. $200

  39. $200 What is Feeding Frenzy? Scores

  40. The tendency of the media to report on an election campaign as if it were a horse race, i.e., who is ahead, who is behind, who is gaining ground. $300

  41. $300 What is Horse Race Coverage? Scores

  42. $400 The cycle in which a person alternately works for the public sector and private sector, thus blurring the individual’s sense of loyalty

  43. What is the Revolving Door? $400 Scores

  44. Daily Double

  45. An abandoned rule of the Democratic Party national convention in which the candidate with the most delegates from a state won all of that state’s convention votes. $500

  46. What is Unit Rule? $500 Scores

  47. $100 the practice of selectively choosing media sources which are in harmony with one’s own beliefs.

  48. What is Selective Exposure? $100 Scores

  49. A government in which one party controls the presidency while another party controls the Congress. $200

  50. What is Divided Government? $200 Scores

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