Political Science 4208F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: New Media, Paradigm Shift, Political Communication
20 Dec 2018
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Normative functions of media in a liberal democracy (what media should be doing: 1. Most important, to act as a watchdog against the state: 2. To supply accurate and sufficient information: 3. To represent the people in the sense of adequately reflecting the spectrum of public opinion and political competition. Where do threats to freedom of speech come from: classic view main threat is the state, keane, plattner changing view of liberalism, different media systems ownership structures. New media: digital media are clearly transforming people"s everyday lives, new media are also having an impact on politics and on democracy, too early to know how fundamental or transformative that impact will be. Declining civic participation: many people, know little about formal politics, rarely trust politicians or political processes, feel that they have little or no voice in policy formation and decision-making, seem to have given up on politics.
