The media is the huge wellspring of information about political issues, and as being what is shown has control over what we truly consider the political structure and what we may never find. In democratic countries, political decisions are based on public votes. It is public who decide or elect the people who control the country. Every individual vote for his/her hopeful candidate based on knowledge they have. Media provides people with a huge source of information about the country’s system and political affairs. In popularity based nations, individuals are urges to govern, on the other hand they can’t be great rulers without access to great idea with a decent feeling of judgment and comprehension of dissecting that data. Media is utilized as an instrument to control psyches, control and mentally program individuals with material that would strengthen their trust on the well being, opportunity and equality in the nation. Thus, media with it’s wide range has important roles in strengthening democracy, influencing public behavior towards political system and to bring a…
The Role of Social Media in Enhancing Democratic Processes. There are several roles social media can play that bring positive impacts to democratic processes. First, within the context of authoritarian regime, social media benefits ‘politically marginalized groups’ (Loader & Mercea, p. 765) to enforce democratization. It is important to be noted that internet does not only serve as a ‘medium’, but also ‘space’ (Papacharissi, 2010, p. 113). When authoritarian regime does not provide space for…
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF JOURNALISM IN DEMOCRACY AND WHAT IS THE MOST POWERFUL CURRENT THREAT TO THAT ROLE? Journalism and democracy are arguably inextricably intertwined concepts, each having a vital role in the effective function of the other. Democracy as a term and an inherent notion finds it origins from Ancient Greece with the term being derived from the Ancient Greek words ‘demos’ – people and ‘kratia’ – power (The Daily Miracle: An Intriduction to JOuranlism p. 45). Traditionally, journalism…
structured to evoke certain reactions among different populations and even influencing them to take specific actions regarding the message being popularized. The media has remained a key tool in the transfer of the political message from the political entities to the masses since the history of man (Bennette & Segerberg, 2016; Fiske & Hancock, 2016). The main advantage about the use of media, which in this case refers to all communication tools and platforms, is that the information can reach…
United States is a democracy which means, it is a system of government where members ruled directly. Democracy is important to the U.S because this form of government provides freedom to its citizens. This form of government encourages political parties and interest groups to help with the policymaking process. A political party is a group of political people who operate the government with elections and determine public policy. Public policy is unwritten principles in regards to social issues.…
In an age where various forms of media play an undeniably crucial role in the dissemination of information to citizens, it was the philosophical prophecies of Marshall McLuhan that prove to still be pertinent in today’s use of media. The present usage of such terms as “media”, “global village” as well as “Age of Information” were all coined by Marshall McLuhan in his 1965 work Understanding Media (Lapham, x). In the information age we currently live in, McLuhan’s contributions to media and…
I think this class helped clear up a lot of things that Americans tend to have a misconception about when it comes democracy and the citizen’s role in it. Democracy is about people participating and helping with the decisions on how the country is ran, but it does not necessarily require all of the people to participate as the country has just been working with a portion of the voting eligible population participating in elections and other activities. Some other misconceptions that were also…
“The media plays a propaganda role, no matter what type of political regime.” Discuss. The influence of the media and propaganda is intrinsic to political communication. The method of transmitting information between the government and the public is key in both the classification of governments and our understanding of their differences. The freedom of media between authoritarian regimes and liberal democracies is markedly different, in both the control that the government exerts over what is…
In recent times, the media highlights the inappropriate behavior of a few officers in America. The media coverage of the incidents impromptus certain citizens react or protest. Thus, focusing on all officer’s roles and creating role perception by the public. The law enforcement personnel tasks require maintaining peace, protecting life and property, crime and terrorist activity prevention, detecting and apprehending law violators, and law enforcement. Law enforcement officer’s role concept…
2015 PAPER #2 Plato, Herman And Chomsky About Democracy Leadership is very important in a country because it has the capacity to take it to the next level of success and even lead the people during times of war into fighting successful battles that ends in victory. The philosophers like Herman and Chomsky and Plato however had different views on how the people should be governed. The different types of governments are very important to be understood so that every person who wants to understand…