Homework 2.1 (Assigned 11/8)

A.  Read the Article by our guest speaker, Dr. Faris:  http://www.arabmediasociety.com/?article=694

B.  GENERATE five questions you would like to ask Dr.  Faris about this article and his experiences in Egypt.  These questions should be thought out and relevant to the topic of media and revolutions.

C.  Practice FRQ

1.  While Interest Groups and Political Parties each play a significant role in the United States political system, they differ in their fundamental goals.

(a)  Identify the fundamental goal of interest groups in the political process

(b)  Identify the fundamental goal of political parties in the political process

(c)  Describe two different ways by which interest groups support the fundamental goal of political parties in the political process

(d)  For one of the forms of support you described in (c), explain two different ways in which that form of support helps interest groups to achieve their fundamental goal in the political process.