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. My interest group choice  Choose an interest group that you are a member of, or you would like to join today. Explain your choice.  My interest group activities  Assess and provide examples of your interest group activities (lobby, litigation, campaign contributions, candidates endorsements, education, voter mobilizations).  My interest group type  Define the type of your interest group) public interests, professional, single-issue advocacy, labor union)  My interest group target  Identify the level of government (local, state, or federal) that your group targets.  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.  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.  Choose a corporation  Create or choose the existing government public policy that your corporation will be interested to influence.   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. .

1. 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.
My interest group choice
Choose an interest group that you are a member of, or you
would like to join today. Explain your choice.
My interest group activities
Assess and provide examples of your interest group activities
(lobby, litigation, campaign contributions, candidates
endorsements, education, voter mobilizations).
My interest group type

2. Define the type of your interest group) public interests,
professional, single-issue advocacy, labor union)
My interest group target
Identify the level of government (local, state, or federal) that
your group targets.
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.
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.
Choose a corporation

3. Create or choose the existing government public policy that
your corporation will be interested to influence.
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.