Question

Advocacy is generally considered the broader term for promoting a cause or broad position, and lobbying is considered working for specific ends such as changes or resistance to changes in legislation. Lobbying firms both lobby in the narrower sense, and are paid to be advocates in the broader sense. True or False

Answer 1

Answer:

True

Explanation:

Advocacy is similar to activism in the sense that it is an activity that has the goal of influencing broad decisions that affect social, economic, or legal matters.

Lobbying is a more specific activity in which private groups or individuals try to influence legislators or regulators decisions about specific issues that may affect their interests.

For example, a corporation can be an advocate of lower taxes in general, and fund a think tank that does economic research that supports lower taxes. The same corporation can have lobbysts in Congress trying to influence member of Congress to lower specific tax rates during the discussion of a tax reform.