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BlakeThe ideal of democracy is one person, one vote; but the gatekeepers of the media have historically exercised much more power that they should be entitled to. They decided individually what information the public (demos) would have access to and thereby shaped public opinion. This is why we read about the "democratizing" effect of the internet. It allows individuals much more power to access and disseminate facts and hopefully one day overcome the hindrance of privately owned media.
If you can trust the media to be impartial and investigate and report truthfully, the media should be like a watch on the government. Some media outlets have become Propaganda outlets. This is worse than being incompetent. The media can help people keep informed about politics and help the people make good decisions about voting for someone to represent them.
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The people responsible for creating media messages are known as?
producers
What is one example of the government limiting individual rights to protect the rights of others?
the government does not allow the media to publish false claims about public officials
What does it mean to be democratic republic?
A democratic republic is a country that is both a democracy and a republic. A republic is a country where the head of state is elected to a term of office (like a president), not appointed for life based on birthright (like a king a or queen). A democracy is a political system where power rests with the people. True democracies have regular elections where almost all adults can vote, anyone can run, and the voting is fair. True democracies have open access to media (TV, magazines, newspapers, and Internet), accountable government, the rule of law, and civil and political rights for the citizens (freedom of speech, etc.).
What is vox media?
The population of Vox Media is 400.
How does the media influence politics and what does mediated politics mean?
For many people the difference between what they think and the truth is the difference between the truth and what was printed in their daily magazine. Many people simply go along blindly with what the media say, sometimes combining ideas from different media sources, rather than "look behind the media"- that is, see clearly what happened and form an opinion on that rather than just what the article said. Many media sources actually do not state clearly or completely what actually happened and instead offer their opinion, allowing them to channel millions of different opinions to think the same way about something by preventing them from seeing the whole picture.
