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As a person grows and is raised , they develop a set of beliefs that correspond to their common core values that they have developed . This is known as their ____________________ . Once a person matures enough that they are able to fully understand their ideology , they then often choose a political party that encompasses the majority , if not the entire compass , of their already determined ideology . When a person does this , they are choosing their ____________________ . In order to maintain loyalty to their partisanship , a person's ____________________ ____________________ will often determine who and how they vote in elections . Public opinion is measured in many ways , but most often it is measured in ____________________ . Polls are taken by selecting a ____________________ from a general ____________________ to gather ____________________ that will stand as a representation of the ____________________ as a whole . Public opinion can be affected in many ways , especially by the ____________________ . The media has many tricks as to how they can affect the way we feel about a certain topic or politician . Among these many tricks such as priming , framing , and selection bias there is one that stands a little more important ( as far as this course goes ) known as ____________________ ____________________ . This is the tactic that lays down the understanding that the media ____________________ tell us how to ____________________ but that they ____________________ , in fact , tell us what to think ____________________ . This is often a driving force in American elections as we are a ____________________ - ____________________ ____________________ country . This meas that the media reporting we have is often very ____________________ , or directed highly to the left wing or highly to the right wing . Some say that the media in a sense serves as ____________________ ____________________ " ____________________ " in protecting and bringing to light all of the happenings in what we know as being " behind the scenes " from us .