POLI 2051 : Quiz 2 Info
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Party loyalties among various social groups: start low but gradually rise over the course of a president"s term, are not an accurate representation of presidential popularity, are strongly influenced by specific events, soft new. B ) infotainment: substantive analysis, horse race coverage, are relatively stable over time. campaigns, african americans, people who call themselves liberals, women, and jews are the strongest. Evangelists, people who call themselves conservatives, and high-income earners are the strongest republican identifiers. In recent years, people have turned increasingly to the internet as a source of news, while decreasing somewhat their reliance on television, newspapers, and radio. Although the internet still trails the other forms of news sources, it is catching up quickly. Is the news biased? group, a majority of republicans and independents say the news media are biased in a liberal direction. A majority of americans (66% in "09) supported the proposition that the news media are biased.
