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= = =__** JB'S ADVANCED PLACEMENT UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS **__= = =

__** UNIT 3: POLITICAL PARTIES, INTEREST GROUPS, MASS MEDIA **__

Unit 3 Identifies

__** Unit 3 Power Points **__


 * [[file:JB GOPO Unit 3A Political Parties.ppt]] Political Parties**

**Interest Groups**


 * [[file:JB GOPO Unit 3C Mass Media.ppt]] Mass Media**


 * __ Unit 3 Case Briefs __**

__** Media **__

Significant Question: How did the Supreme Court's majority decision expand the freedom of press?
 * //New York Times v. Sullivan// (1964)**

Significant Question: In what two ways did Supreme Court's majority decision limit the federal government's attempt to enforce national security?
 * //New York Times v. United States// (1971)**

__** Unit 3 Major Legislation **__


 * Interest Groups**

[|Lobbying Disclosure Act (1995)]

[|Honest Leadership and Open Government Act (2007)]


 * Media**

[|Freedom of Information Act (1966)]

[|Telecommunications Act of 1996]

[|Equal Time Rule] of the Communications Act of 1934

[|Fairness Doctrine] - FCC policy (now defunct)

__** Unit 3 Podcasts **__

__**Civics 101**__

[|Two-Party System]

[|Lobbying]

[|Unions]