Toward collective action: mediating institutions

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1 What is the media?

2 The evolution of the media

2.1 Learning objectives

2.2 Print media

2.5 New media trends

3 Regulating the media

3.1 Learning objectives

3.2 Media and the first amendment

3.3 Slander and libel

3.4 Classified material

3.5 Media and fcc regulations

3.6 Media and transparency

4 The impact of the media

4.1 Learning objectives

4.2 Media effects and bias

4.3 Coverage effects on governance and campaigns

4.4 Coverage effects on society

Political parties

1 What are parties and how did they form?

1.1 Learning objectives

1.2 Political parties as unique organizations

1.3 How political parties formed

2 The two-party system

2.1 Learning objectives

2.2 Election rules and the two-party system

2.3 Critical elections and realignment

3 The shape of modern political parties

3.1 Learning objectives

3.2 The party-in-the-electorate

3.3 The party organization

3.4 Local organizations

3.5 State organizations

3.6 National party organization

3.7 The party-in-government

4 Divided government and partisan polarization

4.1 Learning objectives

4.2 The problem of divided government

4.3 The implications of polarization

4.4 The causes of polarization

Interest groups and lobbying

1 Interest groups defined

1.1 Learning objectives

1.2 What are interest groups and what do they want?

1.3 Interest group functions

1.4 Public vs. private interest groups

2 Collective action and interest group formation

2.1 Learning objectives

2.2 Collective action and free riding

2.3 Disturbance theory and collective action

3 Interest groups as political participation

3.1 Learning objectives

3.2 Group participation as civic engagement

3.3 Trends in public interest group formation and activity

3.4 How representative is the interest group system?

4 Pathways of interest group influence

4.1 Learning objectives

4.2 Influence in elections

4.3 Influencing governmental policy

5 Free speech and the regulation of interest groups

5.1 Learning objectives

5.2 Interest groups and free speech

5.3 Regulating lobbying and interest group activity

Source: OpenStax, American government. OpenStax CNX. Dec 05, 2016 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11995/1.15

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