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First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of RELIGION, or prohibiting the free exercise therof; or abriding the freedom of SPEECH, or of the PRESS; or the right of the peope PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE, and to PETITION the government for a redress of grieveances.
Scholar who said the 1st Amendment should be interpreted purely as a RESTRICTION on government
John C. Merrill
What did the founders of the Constitution expect from citizens?
To be INFORMED and to PARTICIPATE in politics.
What did the founders of the Constitution expect from citizens?
PARTISAN and BIASED POLITICAL DEBATE, including fromt he press of their day.
What is the Social Responsibility Theory?
The press will provide citizens with what the NEED to know to get along in POLITICAL society.
What did the PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS study find?
More than half of Americans under 50 got their news about politics REGULARLY or SOMETIMES from LATE NIGHT COMEDIANS.
What are Bruce A. Williams' 4 steps for deciding what information is politically relevant?
1. Useful
2. Sufficient
3. Trustworthy
4. Audience
What must politicians turn to to reach the electorate?
The Mass Media
Voters learn more from what than they do from the news?
Advertising
What was essential to building a new nation?
Unfettered Communication