POLI 2051 Chapter : The News Media And The Internet Ch 7
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The news media and the internet ch 7 3/1/2012 4:51:00 pm. The mass media: the vast array of sources of information that are available to the public. The ability of citizens to know what it is their government is doing. The fuction of the news: the news plays a variety of key roles in democracy, informing, investigate, interpreting. History of the press: the founding era 1750-1790, the circulation of newspapers grew twice as ast as the population between 1760 and 1776, antifederalist vs. federalist newspapers, federalist papers: series of essays written by james. Madison, alexander hamilton, and john jay under the pseudonym of publius, arguing for the ratification of the. Constitution: the partisan era 1790-1900, following the adoption of the constitution, most newspapers allied themselves with the federlaists or the newly emerged. Made it a crime to criticize the govt, later it was repealed.
