Section 5: Test

• What describes the minimal effects theory developed during the 1930s?

  News shared by friends is filtered through their perspectives and has a minimal effect on voters.
• Which situation is an example of the government exercising prior restraint?

  Forcing a newspaper to remove the names of covert agents in a story about the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) before it is printed
• Which form of influence can the media use to cause active political debate on an issue?

  Agenda setting
• Which statement is true about the general political beliefs of major American demographic groups?

  Men tend to be more politically conservative than women.
• Which political belief is associated with modern conservatism?

  The government should do little to intervene in the national economy.
• Which role do schools generally play in the political socialization of young people?

  They provide information on U.S. history and civics.