POLI 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Long Term Ecological Research Network, Happening Now
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Ability for media to reporting public affairs is a crucial point in democracy. Ood of info and blogs and such has made it dif cult for state regulation. Media gives us what to think about which is a formidable power. A free press is ingredient in a democratic regime because all group and individuals are self interested and cant be counted on on to give accurate measurement of what going on. They often push their interests through manipulation deception by propaganda ( the organized dissemination of information to in uence thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and actions. ) understood as a series of lters make it. Small portion devoted to public affairs mostly entertainment. Small ownership limits the range of wide ideas. Foreign ownership is a problem and its not directed to political affairs. Theres lm (that can represent and mock the system), newspapers, radio, magazines, ads. Several factors determine which info goes out and how its processed.
