POLS 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Comparative Advertising, Treasury Board, Sponsorship Scandal
17 Dec 2016
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Traditional historical method of communication: town crier announcing news, later on the press. Press gallery: each legislature has a press gallery comprised of accredited journalists who are assigned to cover government/legislative proceedings. They are granted special access to interact with public officials. Implies a free press is so vital to democracy that it is on par with the 3 branches of government (executive, legislature, judiciary) Media reports on what politicians are doing we trust them. We are in a bind as to how we receive political messages. In early 1990s, web introduced a cost-efficient means of global communication. Early 2000s saw rise of blogs, emergence of attack websites, widespread use of. Today: email communication, websites, social media are major components of everyday politicking. Killed 2 industries: print and radio (traditional staples of news) Can"t rely on newspapers anymore: traditional forms of communication wiped out. Demise of traditional media has expanded participation: everyone can now see what"s.
