Interest Groups and Mass Media - Vocabulary Crossword

is the process in which people develop their political values, beliefs, attitudes and ideology
a group of people of approximately the same age, status, and interests.
a diverse array of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication.
is the set of attitudes, beliefs, and sentiments, which give order and meaning to a political process and which provide the underlying assumptions and rules that govern behavior in the political system.
is the citizens' trust in their ability to change the government and belief that they can understand and influence political affairs.
A collection of people who share a common interest or attitude and seek to influence government for specific ends.
the desires, wants and thinking of the majority of the people. It is the collective opinion of the people of a society or state on an issue or problem.
is an ad hoc or unofficial vote
a sample that tends to produce results that do not reflect the true characteristics of the universe because it is unrepresentative of the entire universe while a representative sample is one in which each member of the universe has an equal likelihood of being included.
is a subset of a population that seeks to accurately reflect the characteristics of the larger group