American Government

1. Under what circumstances would a survey researcher choose to use an open-ended question and when might it be better to use a closed-ended question? 2. What were the political effects of the shift of the American population from rural areas to cities and from cities to suburbs? 3. What is the ownership structure of news media in the United States? What are some of the implications of this? 4. Define "media framing." How does media framing of poverty affect American attitudes about its cause? 5. What do polls with simple "yes-no" or "agree-disagree" answer options fail to measure? How can pollsters avoid problems associated with questions that ask only for simple "yes-no" or "agree-disagree" answers?    

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