Across
- 2. group that includes friends, classmates, neighbors, and coworkers.
- 5. a means of communication, transmits information.
- 7. a representative slice of the total universe.
- 8. private organization whose members share certain views and objectives.
- 10. instructions or commands a constituency gives to it's elected officials.
- 11. Sought to read the public's mind simply by asking the same question of a large number of people.
- 12. website posting usually devoted to some specific subjects.
- 14. deliberately constructed to reflect the major characteristics of a given universe.
- 16. attitudes held by a significant number of people on matters of government and policies.
- 17. snappy reports that can be aired in 30 or 45 seconds or so.
Down
- 1. the societal problems that the nations political leaders and the general public agree need government attention.
- 3. composed of randomly selected people.
- 4. devices that attempt to collect information by asking people questions.
- 6. Communication that reach large, widely, dispersed audiences simultaneously.
- 9. the whole population that the poll aims to measure.
- 13. politics,public issues, and the making of public policies.
- 15. has an unusually strong influence on the views of others.