POLS 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Embedded Journalism, Iranian Revolution, Edward Snowden
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Media and Politics- Role of the visual image
-How, and in what way does the media influence politics?!
-Vietnam War (1955-1975), TV News!
-Negative reporting!
-Uncensored coverage!
Should war and violence be censored?!
-The value of embedded journalism!
Kennedy- Nixon Presidential debates, 1960!
-First instance of media influence over Presidential election results!
Information as a tool against Governments!
-Revolutionary movements!
-Political Dissent!
-Terrorist groups !
-Negative coverage and scandals !
-Allows citizens to know more about government, its positive and negative aspects!
Iranian Revolution, 1979!
-Spread by audio tapes, they contained speeches !
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