Groups Such as the Stop Kony Organization Try to Influence

question 32

Multiple Choice

Groups such as the Stop Kony organization try to influence foreign policy:

• A) by bringing increased public attention to a problem.
• B) through donations to election campaigns.
• C) by issuing press releases to shape media coverage of foreign events.
• D) through their own academic research that is designed to educate and inform
• Members of Congress and the president.
• E) by hiring professional lobbyists to bring an international problem to the
• Attention of government officials.

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