COM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Sensationalism, Theodore Roosevelt, Mass Production
4 Dec 2020
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Made available to large numbers of people on a regular basis. Can democracy even exist w/o free, independent newspapers. Provide important daily info for citizens to make decisions. Power of newspapers -> suppressions by authoritarian govs. Founding fathers wanted newspapers to persue the truth and publish it. You get the best possible situation when the gov doesn"t try to regulate ideas. When this idea came out, it was believed that gov knew best. Press keeps a careful eye on the gov. You should be able to print anything if it"s true. Laws against printing things that could overturn the gov. Couldn"t print anything bad about a gov official. Newspapers spoke up and led to american revolution. Newspapers played role in convincing americans to ratify the constitution. Needed interesting material to print; led to . Ex: guy flies around the world in a balloon and reported on his journeys. Big businessmen that controlled a lot of newspapers.
