Useful website: OpenSecrets   

https://www.opensecrets.org/ Links to an external site. 

Answer questions 1 to 6. Number your answer while copying only the prompt topics. 

1. My interest group choice  

Choose an interest group that you are a member of, or you would like to join today. Explain your choice. 

1. My interest group activities  

Assess and provide examples of your interest group activities (lobby, litigation, campaign contributions, candidates endorsements, education, voter mobilizations). 

1. My interest group type  

Define the type of your interest group) public interests, professional, single-issue advocacy, labor union) 

1. My interest group target  

Identify the level of government (local, state, or federal) that your group targets. 

1. My interest group and free rider phenomena  

Based on your understanding of free rider phenomena, analyze whether your interest group faces this problem. Defend your position with arguments. 

1. Create astroturfing scenario 

Create a fictional short story in which any corporations (examples: Amazon, Facebook, Purdue Pharma, Walmart, ExxonMobil, Apple, etc.) engage in the practice of astroturfing. 

This is a totally made-up story through which you demonstrate the understanding and consequences of astroturfing. 

1. Choose a corporation 
2. Create or choose the existing government public policy that your corporation will be interested to influence.  
3. Describe the action that corporation attempts to present as a legitimate grassroot activity  

Grading criteria 

To reach maximum points for this assignment, you need to: 

• Answer all 6 questions (do not copy questions, just number your answer)
• Use your words and avoid quotations
• Demonstrate understanding of given topics and terms
• Make a double space format and check for possible grammar errors
• Submit Assignment 3 as MS Word document by the given deadline.