POL_S 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mass Media, Stock Market
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Political socialization a process whereby political opinions are shaped by one"s parents, family, community, and culture. Survey results are most believable when: survey developer. The accuracy of public opinion: some people may not take surveys as seriously as we assume, the more relevant the survey questions is to one"s everyday life, the more seriously the respondent tends to treat the question. Economic conditions: americans are almost always worried about the economy. But what is the economy: gas prices, unemployment, grocery prices, stock market. If not, then politicians, journalists, and political scientist spend a lot of time worrying about it for nothing (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Some argue that the political process often ignores broad swaths of people, and this means that public opinion does not matter: if money is speech, a few can speak louder than the many. Mass media sources that provide information to average citizens on a day-to-day basis.
