Do the positives of social networks out way the negatives?
Please do some online/offline research to uncover how interest groups have influenced campaigning and then present & discuss your findings with your peers. For example, if I was tackling this assignment, I’d talk about what the National Rifle Association does because it interests me. First, I’d describe the group a bit to orient everyone. Then, I’d talk about some of the ways they influence campaigns. For example, I’d include in that a description of how every time an election rolls around, they send members an “election guide.” In said guide is a graded break-down of the candidates in various races and their stand on gun ownership rights. Folks that, in the NRA’s opinion, defend the second amendment get “A’s” and “A+’s” and the like; those who don’t get much lower grades. (Interestingly, I recall that the candidates the NRA likes are depicted with great photographs; the opponents of those folks can sometimes be depicted with these garish photographs that look like they were taken when the person just got up or something.) I’d also go on to talk about how much financial support the NRA gives and actually throw some numbers and data around to show what I’m talking about. And, finally, I would, of course, cite all of my sources so everyone can go check out the links for themselves if they so choose. Oh, and, yes, I’m taking the NRA off the table since I mentioned it here. : ) The following links may be helpful in your search: http://www.publicintegrity.org/accountability/lobby-watch http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/ http://www.followthemoney.org/ please make this easy to understand
Essays – Answer four questions from this section. Each question should contain a few well developed (detailed) sentences. Please begin typing all answers after question #7. (40 points) 1. What were the main causes of the revolutions of 1848, and what roles did nationalism, liberalism, and socialism play in inciting and sustaining revolution? 2. What events led to the unification of Germany in 1871 and what was the character of the new German nation? 3. What various crises weakened autocratic rule in Germany, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire? 4. Karl Marx wrote that all of history was a class struggle. Discuss and analyze Marx’s view of historical development. 5. To what extent and in what ways did nationalist tensions in the Balkans between 1870 and 1914 contribute to the outbreak of the First World War? 6. Assess and analyze the extent to which the English Civil War and Glorious Revolution of 1688 advanced the cause of constitutionalism in England in the 17th century. 7. Using examples from the works of at least two English Romantics, describe the philosophy of the Romantic movement in poetry, art, or music.
Essays – Answer four questions from this section. Each question should contain a few well developed (detailed) sentences. Please begin typing all answers after question #7. (40 points) 1. What were the main causes of the revolutions of 1848, and what roles did nationalism, liberalism, and socialism play in inciting and sustaining revolution? 2. What events led to the unification of Germany in 1871 and what was the character of the new German nation? 3. What various crises weakened autocratic rule in Germany, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire? 4. Karl Marx wrote that all of history was a class struggle. Discuss and analyze Marx’s view of historical development. 5. To what extent and in what ways did nationalist tensions in the Balkans between 1870 and 1914 contribute to the outbreak of the First World War? 6. Assess and analyze the extent to which the English Civil War and Glorious Revolution of 1688 advanced the cause of constitutionalism in England in the 17th century. 7. Using examples from the works of at least two English Romantics, describe the philosophy of the Romantic movement in poetry, art, or music.