POL369Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gfk Entertainment Charts
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4 core stakeholders in politics: political elites, activists, audiences. 3 important political roles for media chp 2: relaying information. Gatekeeper media decides what is important enough to pass on and what should not. Who or what gets access to media: gatekeepers use to be journalism ppl and companies, but social media has changed that and made regular ppl become gatekepers and has become more decentralized. Agenda setter an effect where media would discuss a specific issue which becomes information which is most important. Focuses where to focus information and decide what is important. Watch dog media monitors ppl in positions of economic and cultural power a(cid:374)d (cid:858)(cid:271)arks(cid:859) whe(cid:374) they do (cid:271)ad thi(cid:374)gs a(cid:374)d poi(cid:374)ts out their mistakes: media as arena. A place to discuss and debate and argue important political issues. Media give us a venue to discuss and communicate with ourselves: culture bearer.
