POL 128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Direct Democracy, Mass Production

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 128
• Professor: Hartt Laurinda

Document Summary

Democracy > demos: a government by the people, two types: Direct: the citizens have direct control over the decisions of the government. Ev- eryone had a right to vote, and equal control over the vote. Representative: there should be an elected parliament, who should have power and should make decisions on the behalf of the citizens. Mass media is a form of communication that affects large number of people. First form of mass media was print. > mass production of books, newspapers, and magazines. Electronics was another form of mass media. >telegraph, which is a form of communication that involves the morse code. > telephone, which involved peo- ple communicating with each other through electric wires. > cinema, motion pic- ture communicating messages to people. > radio was invented by the us gov- ernment for ww1 (wireless communication). > t. v. is the most important source of information. It is very influential and it is commonly available.