Every time you turn on the TV channel, look at your Facebook, or receive any alerts on your devices, the majority of the time it 's pertaining to some Political issue. As the Political campaign gets closer we are observing more issues pertaining to this campaign. The significance points noted in this chapter discusses media and democracy, the types of media’s available today, and media and communication laws.
The media have a significant involvement in our modern democratic system. It is important that we know the importance of the First Amendment “freedom of the press” without this it would be difficult for our society to understand politics. The Media’s responsibilities are to research and report on important matters of government and …show more content…
Foremost, through commercial media such as flyers, newspapers, journalism and along with muckraking reporting. Today we use mass media through television, radio, the internet and most recent social media such as blogs, Facebook, websites, podcast, as well as YouTube. We have a variety of ways the government can reach the public, therefore we have no reason why we wouldn’t understand Politics, because every time you turn on your local channel we either have ABC, NBC, CBS news or your internet reporting on current Politics. The significant concept of political literacy in the media gives us the opportunity to explore and educate ourselves through all these communication options. (American Government page …show more content…
There are two systems of models that demonstrate how the opinions of the public influence or should influence the public policy. They are described at the delegate model and the trustee model. The delegate model representative focuses on the politicians’ voters that elected him, as he isn’t so much focused on his beliefs but rather the changes to make the people happy, and the trustee delegates representative holds a wider view of what’s important in all society as well as taking the concerns of the Politicians personal
The media have a significant involvement in our modern democratic system. It is important that we know the importance of the First Amendment “freedom of the press” without this it would be difficult for our society to understand politics. The Media’s responsibilities are to research and report on important matters of government and …show more content…
Foremost, through commercial media such as flyers, newspapers, journalism and along with muckraking reporting. Today we use mass media through television, radio, the internet and most recent social media such as blogs, Facebook, websites, podcast, as well as YouTube. We have a variety of ways the government can reach the public, therefore we have no reason why we wouldn’t understand Politics, because every time you turn on your local channel we either have ABC, NBC, CBS news or your internet reporting on current Politics. The significant concept of political literacy in the media gives us the opportunity to explore and educate ourselves through all these communication options. (American Government page …show more content…
There are two systems of models that demonstrate how the opinions of the public influence or should influence the public policy. They are described at the delegate model and the trustee model. The delegate model representative focuses on the politicians’ voters that elected him, as he isn’t so much focused on his beliefs but rather the changes to make the people happy, and the trustee delegates representative holds a wider view of what’s important in all society as well as taking the concerns of the Politicians personal