Given that an elite political source can pick and choose the information they provide, what is a possible problem that can arise because of this?
a. It can lead the audience to distrust the elite source.
b. It can lead to obvious influences on the audience if this elite source is not credible or honest.
c. It can lead to the government influencing what the elite source says.
d. It can lead to covert influences on the audience if this elite source is not credible or honest.
d. It can lead to covert influences on the audience if this elite source is not credible or honest.
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Which of the following is true when developing strategies for success in the field?
A) The researcher does not develop social relationships, keeping a distant perspective, with people in the field site. B) There is no exchange between the researcher and the people in at the field site. C) A researcher should appear interested in people and events of a field site. D) A researcher should appear aloof in the people and events of a field site.
People often talk about civil society as a training ground for democratization of whole societies because ______.
A. when people interact with one another in nonpolitical settings, they start to trust other people and to think of them as sharing common interests B. when people interact with one another in political settings, they start to distrust other people and to think of them as not sharing common interests C. when people interact with one another in nonpolitical setting, they begin to understand the traits of natural-born leaders and this informs their election decisions D. when people interact with one another in political settings, they only interact with people who share the same partisan ideology