GOVT-110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Watergate Scandal, Pentagon Papers, Open Media
Document Summary
Media is a linkage institution between public opinion and political elite. Mass media - tv, radio, newspapers, magazines, internet, and other means of popular communication (social media) Has to find something that informs and entertains every single faction, political group in the us. Stories have to be made in a way that are accessible to everyone, not high level. Made for people with various educational backgrounds, classes, etc. Politics in which behavior of citizens and policymakers and political agenda itself are increasingly shaped by technology. Access point through which our preferences (after being highly edited and filtered) reach policy agenda. Way we are connected to our government, way to interact with government when government is not immediately close to us. A free and open media can lead to a bounty of opinions which can safeguard democracy. Developed over course of 19th century into 20th century. Press conferences: meetings of public officials with reporters. Daily white house briefings twice a day.
