JOURN 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Authoritarianism
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Core idea: sovereignty of the people (informed by rational man theory) Rational man argument: reason as the source of truth. Authority is not the truth tradition is not the source of truth. Part shift away from authoritarianism to democracy. Age of enlightenment revolutions in philosophy and science to exercise reason, humans must have access to information. Notion of truth and falsity grappling and the self- righting process . No notion of objectivity or public service. Goal was to support political parties and make money. Objectivity arise in 19th century out of necessity. They remained as a check on power. Great inconvenience may arise by the liberty of printing. There is nothing so fretting and vexatious, nothing so justly terrible to tyrants as a free press. samuel adams. Power changes people three metaphors: the mirror: journalism reflects society as it is.
