JMS 440 Study Guide - Final Guide: Fireside Chats, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Miller Test
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Chapter 1 - the rise of the american media model. Industrial revolution (printing press that manufactured newspapers and pamphlets) Urbanization: people moving away from agrarian lifestyle to urban centers. Different types of people moving into an area. Use to be the prevailing model, that families owned media. John milton mid 1600s: argument for public discourse & free marketplace of ideas. Argued against the king: only when the public is exposed to a variety of views can people make their own determination about their believes & what is right and wrong. The only ways to have the best ideas to come to the top, everyone must express their ideas not just kings inner circle, but to allow everybody to express ideas and contribute. Give me liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. milton. First amendment: freedom of speech & religion. Watergate & the press: washington post and the media exposing the scandal.
