Due to the popularity of voting by mail, which state has recently abandoned voting in polling places on Election Day?
Oregon
Idaho
Nevada
Washington
In U.S. presidential primaries
voters vote directly for a candidate
the popular vote is irrelevant
voters vote for the presidential and vice-presidential ticket
voters determine which candidate's delegates will attend the convention
A type of primary in which only members of a party may vote in that party's primary is a(n)
membership primary
closed primary
limited primary
open primary
The Help America Vote Act of 2002
was an unfunded mandate
declared George W. Bush the winner of the presidential election
assisted states in changing to electronic voting systems
made it easier to register to vote
In order to become a candidate for president of the United States, one must be
at least 18-years-old
a natural-born or naturalized citizen
a natural-born citizen
a resident of the United States since birth
Advertising that targets Twitter users based on who they follow and who follows them is known as
marketing
promoted tweets
web marketing
webcasting
Campaign organizers, political candidates, and the media first realized how crucial it is to leverage emerging technology to create strategic advantages as a result of
the Gore campaign in 2000
the Obama campaign in 2008
the Kennedy campaign in 1960
the McCain campaign in 2008
The founder of the World Wide Web is
Howard Reingold
Al Gore
Tim Berners-Lee
Steve Jobs
The unidentified individuals that make up the group known as Anonymous were responsible for
crippling the mail servers and websites of Monsanto
supporting WikiLeaks
all of the above
targeting the Tunisian and Egyptian government websites
The media commonly influence the setting of the public agenda by
notating
editorializing
priming
prioritizing
American radio listeners first heard news in real time during which decade?
1950s
1940s
1920s
1930s
The first politician to realize, and exploit, the value of radio as a device for political communication was
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Internet-centered efforts on behalf of candidates and causes have come to be called
e-campaigning
the blogosphere
netroots
internetworks
One example of how new media are revolutionizing journalism is the use of social networking during the January 2011 protests in
New York
Greece
Lybia
Egypt
The law that required stations to provide equal airtime to all sides of important public issues and equal airtime access to all public office candidates was termed the
fairness doctrine
equal access doctrine
equal time doctrine
FCC doctrine