Explain how social environment, mass media, and interest groups influence public opinion.

Social environment is probably the most influential factor because it is constant: friends, family, and school help us to develop values and attitudes. Mass media—movies, TV, Internet, and radio—influence us because they expose us to new ideas; these days, ideas can travel great distances in seconds via satellite. Interest groups include nongovernmental, religious, and nonprofit organizations. These groups lobby, advertise, and try to promote their ideas.

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a. theta waves. this is because the person is in a light sleep which means the brain waves would show these kind of waves.

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