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| Mass Media | A means of public communication reaching a large audience includes tv, newspaper, internet |
| Collaboration | working together- united labor in a joint intellectual effort |
| Public Agenda | the issues and problems that gov’t leaders spend most of their time and resources on |
| Vote | an expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue |
| Protest | A formal declaration of disapproval issued by a concerned person, group, or organization or a or display of disapproval |
| Bias | To influence in a particular, typically unfair direction |
| Slander | spoken lies to hurt someone |
| Libel | printed lies to hurt someone |
| Petitions | are written requests usually having signatures from people backing the request |
| Surveys | A gathering of a sample of opinions considered to be representative of a group or area |
| Random Sample | a sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected |
| Activists | people who go out & work for getting a person elected or not elected or to promote certain programs |
| Lobbyists | people hired by a special interest group to sway Congressmen or officials to vote the way the group wants |
| Apathy | feeling of not caring |
| Voting | a responsibility of a citizen to given consent of the governed |
| Paying Taxes | a duty of a citizen to pay for gov’t activities |
| Fiscal Responsibility | being responsible for you finances |
| Community Activism | participating in activities to better the area you live in |
| Volunteerism | the US relies on this – the use of or reliance on volunteers, especially to perform social or educational work in communities |
| Compromise | a settlement of differences in which each side makes concessions to reach the agreement |
| Cooperation | the association of persons or businesses for common, usually economic,benefit. |
| Polls | the place where people vote or a survey of the public to acquire information |
