Short clips of someone speaking, only lasting a matter of seconds.

• A. Propaganda
• B. Sound Bites
• C. Interest Groups
• D. Public Policy

Answer: (B)

Sound bites are brief clips from a speech or interview that last only a few seconds. They’re designed to be catchy and easy to broadcast, so a single sentence or two can carry a message and stick in viewers’ minds. This brevity makes them a staple of political coverage, letting media quickly illustrate a point or mood. The other terms refer to different ideas: propaganda is a broader effort to persuade or influence beliefs (and can use short clips, but not defined by clip length itself), interest groups are organizations that advocate for policies, and public policy is the set of government actions, not the format of a media snippet.