POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Fairness Doctrine, Tumblr, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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In connecticut, the police received a racist letter against african american cops, they"re trying valiantly to find the offender. Congress denying obama"s proposal to declare war on isis (democrats don"t like sending troops out of u. s, they want them brought back home) 800,000 people received incorrect information about obama care. University of massachusetts previously decided to ban all iranian students from taking science courses; now revoking that decision. Plays essential part in the democratic process. Without media, we would delve into tyranny. The most dominant form of broadcast media- short, lots of commercials, visual/sensational, low information content: radio. Talk and news radio- relatively short, auditory, slightly higher information content, commercials: can be regulated because they use public airways (some content, licensing, print media. Newspapers- high degree of information content, varied readership. Local and regional news is important to issues that affect you. Declining readership due to newfound dislike of anything not digital or auditory, and illiteracy.
