POL 3133 Study Guide - Truthiness, Bell Media, Interactive Voice Response

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 3133
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Http://dwmw. wordpress. com/tag/media-concentration-canada/ http://www. parl. gc. ca/content/sen/committee/391/tran/rep/repfinjun06vol1-e. htm http://www. crtc. gc. ca/eng/transcripts/2012/tb0910. html http://www. crtc. gc. ca/eng/transcripts/2012/tb0911. html http://openmedia. ca/sites/openmedia. ca/files/media%20ownership%20chart-2012_0. pdf http://www. newyorker. com/online/blogs/closeread/2012/09/mitts-forty-seven-per-cent- problem. html http://www. newyorker. com/reporting/2012/09/24/120924fa_fact_lepore. Political communication as war: sometimes rules broken + sometimes not caught, Political messages are quickly transmitted through a variety of media. Government (bureaucracy, politicians) send messages that promote broad deliberation and understanding; media (journalists, editors) frame messages responsibly; citizens receive and analyze messages critically. No single party or interest group or news organization serves as sole gatekeeper. Journalists should avoid melodrama,a, horse-race reporting, spin and strive for fairness, balance and credible evidence. Privacy laws and libel laws should protect politicians from undue media intrusion ( gotcha journalism ) Unwritten rule of democratic political culture is that the media has a public service role decide whether this requires public broadcasters or not. A domain free from any authority, for citizens to debate, Journalists create agenda-setting, i. e. with embedded journalist books framing mission in heroic way helping government,