Media democracy

Review, “Democratic societies should prohibit the creation of any domestic surveillance programs whose existence is secret” (Richards 1959). This interpretation of democratic freedom suggests that secrecy among a government is not the essence of democracy…

by a guy they know won’t let Muslims and Mexicans cut in line to get work renovating highways and airports.” He questions the future of the country, which is in the hands of people with contrasting principles. One of them being “pluralist social democracy” and the other one “white nativist protectionism” and he asserts on how they are both at a thin gap and impossible to achieve at the same time. Finally, he paints the bigger picture, starkly, that maybe naming people is just a way to shrug off…

discrepancies between what most voters want and what the political system delivers” (148), and this reduces motivation to vote. In Stiglitz book we also learn about how the wealthy “who wish to preserve societies’ inequalities” use their control of the media to shape perceptions and convince Americans to support policies against their…

Public Enemy, a razor-sharp adaptation of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s classic, explored the ideals of democracy, majority rule and the media, reflecting issues that remain startlingly relevant today. Staged by W!LD RICE, the play ran at the Victoria Theatre from the 9 April to 25 April 2015. Addressing the hidden social and political truths in Singapore or even globally today, Glen Goei’s genius creation of this production inspired an intrepid company to hold up a mirror to our community…

In the major media, the New York Times or CBS or whatever -- in fact, all across the spectrum except at the very far-out periphery which reaches almost no one -- in the major media which reach the overwhelming majority of the population, there was a lively debate. It was between people called "doves" and people called "hawks". The people called hawks…

In Mill’s ideal utilitarian liberal democracy, where the state takes his harm principle and tyranny of the majority threat into consideration, surely the state would have cause to pursue legal remedy to Mark Steyn’s speech. To that end, Canadian laws are theoretically sufficient where they…

The first amendment of the constitution is the right of free speech; throughout our history the first amendment has been interpreted in a number of ways. Despite this fact all Americans agree that this is one of our most important rights, and lays the foundation for our nations core beliefs. The first amendment is a short statement “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;…

of the US became disgruntled, when the leader of this country seized power so he could always be in charge. This country is Cuba. The people of Cuba felt as if this was the first step to them becoming a dictatorship, and preferred their current democracy. This led to a newly elected high-ranking official to take matters into his own hands. This person was Fidel Castro. He decided to lead an uprising against Fulgencio Batista. He was unsuccessful, and was thrown in prison. His actions, however,…

can also apply to debates. It’s an easy act especially if the debate gets heated. It seems these days the point of debates is to win and if you do then that makes him or her more intelligent and influential. This is often the influence of the media. The media teaches one to be strong and distinguished, to be better than one another. It is harder to reach common grounds when everyone focuses on winning over the opponent other than focusing on the issue at hand. If one cannot simply reach a…

Initiatives and referendums essay Initiatives and referendums are an important part in our government. Having the choice to let us (the people) voices be heard gives a broad view of things that need to be changed whether it is a certain law that needs to be passed or denied we have the power to make an impact. When people have the opportunity to speak their mind specifically through election it will make them want to be more engaged and informed as to actually what changes need to be…