Take a look at the title of chapter 6 Public Opinion Political Socialization and the Media Dissect each word Public the people as a whole Opinion a personal view attitude or belief not based on fact Political pertains to politics Socialization the process by which people acqui ID: 313144
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Political Socialization and The MediaSlide2
Take a look at the title of chapter 6
“Public
Opinion, Political Socialization, and the Media”Slide3
Dissect each word: Public= the people as a whole, Opinion= a personal view, attitude, or belief not based on fact, Political= pertains to politics, Socialization= the process by which people acquire beliefs and values, and “The Media” = the channels of mass communication.Slide4
Put each word together Public Opinion (Book Definition): The aggregate of individual attitudes or beliefs shaped by some portion of the adult population. Slide5
Now we have to dissect that definition: Aggregate: A whole mass or some. Tying this in with the class, U.S. Government, our definition for Public Opinion is the majority of the United States people’s attitudes or beliefs.Slide6
Political Socialization, putting both individual words definitions together we come up with, the process by which people acquire political beliefs and values.Slide7
What is mass communication? Mass is a body of coherent matter and communication is the act or process of communicating. Slide8
Putting those two together and using what we know about the media we can say that the media is newspapers, radio, television, and Internet sources. In the context of American Government the media is used to inform the public about issues and events going on in the country and the world.Slide9
Popcorn reading
Read the introduction aloud as a class. Students will read three sentences and popcorn to someone else. Students will call out popcorn and a name of the person they want to read after them. Since this is a short section students will be instructed not to call on anyone who has already read a section.Slide10
Group
Group 1 will do “defining public opinion” section, Group 2 will be in charge of “How public opinion is formed: Political Socialization” and Models of Political Socialization, Group 3 will do The Family and The social environment and Education as a source of Political Socialization, Group 4 will do Peers and Peer Group Influence and Opinion Leaders’ Influence, and Group 5 will be in charge of The Impact of Media, Popularity of the Media, and the Impact of the New Media. Slide11
Due at the end of the period
Each group will present to the class on their topic. Students who are not presenting will be taking notes that they will turn this in at the end of the
period.Slide12
Homework
For homework each student is to take each section p. 113-117 that we covered in class today and write two points that summarize or that they think are important to that section. This will be turned in class tomorrow.Slide13
Day 2Slide14
Entry Task
Write one time a friend influenced you to act a certain way or do something. Say what it was and why you listened. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a negative experience. Write 4 to 6 complete sentences on this
.Slide15
Homework due
One person will share what they wrote from each section.Slide16
Video questions
In
groups of 4 answer What happened when the man was standing and staring at the rooftop
?
2) How
did the participants act when they saw the first participant poor a large amount of hot sauce in his juice?
3) What
would you have done if you were partaking in this experiment not knowing it was an
experiment?
Each group will present their response to the
class.Slide17
Day 3Slide18
Entry Task
Demographic groups are groups of individuals characterized by certain traits. Examples of demographic groups are: gender, religion, income, race, and geographic location. Name two demographic groups you fall into and explain why? How does this influence your views on issues? Slide19
After reading “demography vs
Geography
In 5 groups of 4 students will write a paragraph of 4 to 6 sentences summarizing their section. They will be required to use one quote
in
context. Students will present at the end of the period.
Homework: Summarize article. Using three quotes in context. Slide20
Day 4Slide21
Entry task
Does your family influence your political views? If so explain how and if not explain why? Slide22
Directions
Break into groups and discuss whether or not you think your family shapes your attitude toward politics and your opinion on
politics.Slide23
homework
Study for quiz tomorrow!Slide24
Day 6Slide25
Entry Task
How has your education affected your political beliefs?Slide26
Question today
Question: How does education affect political party preference and political
ideologies?
- Discuss in your groups.Slide27
Word of the day
Political
Ideology.
First discuss what you think this means.
Then, look up the definition in your textbook.
Lastly, put this definition in your own words.Slide28
Table on page 118
Look at the table in the book on page 118: Why do you think some demographic influences changed over time? For instance overtime citizens with a high school diploma or lower tended to favor mostly Democratic candidates and now most citizens with postgraduate degrees have become predominately democratic. One group looks at religion, one group looks at economic status, one group looks at religion, one group looks at race, and another looks at geography. Each group will report back to the class and turn in on a piece of paper what their answer is to this question for the group.Slide29
homework
Homework: based on what you heard in class today write a paragraph on why you think one groups votes the way they do, for example women tend to vote liberal, professionals such as attorneys and physicians tend to vote democratic. Be ready to turn the paragraph in at the beginning of class.Slide30
Day 7Slide31
Entry task
Do you have trust in your government? Why or why not?Slide32
Homework due
As a class we will go over the homework assignment that is to be turned in
today.Slide33
Political events influence individuals
Nixon: Watergate Scandal
After five men were caught breaking into the
headquaters
of the democratic national Committee, evidence was linked back to President Richard Nixon and his closest advisors.
Later, it became known that all conversations in the oval office were tape recorded and a conversation was caught on tape of Nixon and his advisors devising a strategy to impend the investigation of the crime.
Nixon refused to turn over the tapes. But in the Supreme Court Case
States v Nixon
the justices unanimously ruled that Nixon had to handover the tapes.
Facing impeachment and certain that he would be convicted Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974.Slide34
Political events Influence Individuals
Reagan Presidency
In 1984, Congress banned military aid to the Contras fighting the Sandinista government of Nicaragua, which had ousted the American-backed dictator
Anastasio
Somoza.
In 1985, President Ronald Reagan secretly authorized the sale of arms to Iran- at the time involved in a war with its neighbor Iraq- in order to secure the release of a number of American hostages held by Islamic groups in the Middle East.
The CIA diverted some of the proceeds to buy military supplies for the Contras in defiance against the congressional ban. This went on for nearly two years.Slide35
Political events influence individuals
Reagan Presidency.
Eleven members of the
adminstration
were eventually convicted of perjury or destroying documents, or pleaded guilty before being tried.
Reagan denied knowledge of the illegal proceedings. The Iran-Contra Affair
underminded
confidence that he controlled his own administration.
- This along with the enormous deficits that the government had accumulated, Reagan left office with a some what tarnished reputation.Slide36
Political events influence individuals
Clinton’s Presidency
In 1998, it became known that President Bill Clinton had carried on an affair with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern.
- The Republican controlled House of Representatives voted to impeach Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice when he lied under oath.
However the Senate did not convict President Clinton.
- Clinton’s approval ratings continued to remain high during the impeachment process.Slide37
Respond
What did the presidents do wrong? How could they have handled situations differently?
Would
you vote for these presidents today? Slide38
Day 8Slide39
Entry task
What kind of media do you use the most?
(Internet
, TV, News, radio, or Social media) For what purposes do you use this type of media? Slide40
Question of the day
How does the media play a role in politics? Slide41
Word of the day
Public agendaSlide42
Word of the day
Public agenda: Issues that are perceived by the political community as meeting public attention and governmental
action.Slide43
After watching video: respond
How did they introduce the issue? What is the issue? How did they use sound
bites(portions of interviews)?
Were they affective? How did they use visual display?
Did
this clip affect your opinion? What is your solution to this issue? Slide44
homework
Watch the news and take an issue on one segment and answer the same questions we did today. Write this down on a piece of paper and come back to share tomorrow.Slide45
Day 9Slide46
Entry task
When you are watching TV do you pay attention to commercial ads? Why or why not? Slide47
Political advertising
Nixon “Checkers Speech”
Almost as soon as Senator Richard Nixon had won the vice-presidential nomination in 1952, reports that wealthy Californians had created a private fund for his family. Republican presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower considered dropping him from the ticket.
-In a televised thirty minute address Nixon drew attention to his ordinary upbringing, war service, and close-knit family, Nixon denied accusations.
- This was one of the first illustrations of how television began to transform politics by allowing candidates to bring a carefully crafted image directly into American’s living rooms.Slide48
Political advertising
Presidential Campaign of 1952
The first to make extensive use of TV ads.
- Won by a large majority of the vote against Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson who did not use any televised advertising. Slide49
Media and politics
Presidential Debate of 1960
Richard Nixon v. John F. Kennedy
First televised debate
Many who watched thought JFK won but those who heard it over the radio insisted that Nixon had won.
- Televised debates did not run for the elections of 1964, 1968, or 1972.
They continued in 1976. In 1992, there was a third-party candidate at the debate(Ross Perot).
Since 1996, the Commission on Presidential Debates has limited the participants to candidates of two major parties.Slide50
Political advertising
Johnson’s Daisy Girl Ad
In the 1964 presidential election, President Lyndon Baines Johnson aired the “daisy girl” ad.
This ad, showed a little girl standing quietly in a field of daisies. She held a daisy and pulled off the petals, counting to herself.
Suddenly a deep voice
bagan
counting down from 10…
When it hit zero a mushroom cloud of an atomic explosion filled the screen. President Johnson’s voice was heard saying “These are the stakes: to make a world in which all of God’s children can live, or to go into the dark.” We must either love each other or we must die.”
The implication was that Republican candidate Barry Goldwater would lead the country to nuclear war.Slide51
respond
Choose one in particular and say why it worked and did not work.
In groups, write this down on a piece of paperSlide52
homework
S
tudents
will be required to watch a political ad and answer the following questions was the technique they used affected? What issue or political figure was the ad discussing? Which party was the affiliated and if they were attacking a political figure or party who were they attacking?Slide53
Day 11Slide54
Entry task
Do you think political ads should shape voter’s opinions and public opinion on as a whole? Slide55
Day 12Slide56
Entry task
Do you believe who owns media outlets matters? If so, in what ways does it matter? If it doesn’t then why not?Slide57
What is the problem with only a few groups owning media outlets? Use your notes from the video and class discussions. The notes and paragraph will be turned in tomorrow.Slide58
Day 13Slide59
Entry Task
Are your interests expressed through the media or do you feel that a select group of people’s interests are expressed?Slide60
Read
Read p. 134- 137 silently to yourself.Slide61
Political ad creation
In their groups for the unit students will create a political ad that is bias toward one particular group.
T
his
must be
school
appropriate. Each group will share their ads created on a piece of construction paper with the rest of the class and this will be turned in at the end of the
period.Slide62
Day 14Slide63
Entry Task
How can the United States change bias in the media?Slide64
Day 15Slide65
respond
Homework: What
is Judge Napolitano proposing in this video? Is there any validation?
Write
8 to 10 sentences using what you have learned
this
unit
to defend your answer and ready to share with the class on Monday.