Chapter 8: Mass Media and Public Opinion

123456789101112131415
Across
  1. 2. private organizations whose members share certain views and objectives
  2. 5. the whole population that a poll aims to measure
  3. 7. devices that attempt to collect information by asking people questions
  4. 9. polls sought to read the public's mind by asking the same question to a large number of people
  5. 10. means of communication, singular of the word "media"
  6. 11. those means of communication that reach large, widely dispersed audiences
  7. 13. composed of randomly selected people
Down
  1. 1. people with whom on regularly associates, including friends, classmates, neighbors, etc.
  2. 3. a representative slice of the total universe
  3. 4. these attitudes held by a significant number of people on matters of government and politics
  4. 6. constructed to reflect the major characteristics of a given universe
  5. 7. societal problems that the nation's political leaders and general public agree need government attention
  6. 8. any person who has an unusually strong influence on the views of others
  7. 12. website postings devoted to a specific subject, "blogs"
  8. 14. snappy reports
  9. 15. instructions or commands a constituency gives to its elected officials