CMN 3133 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Deeper Understanding, Social Class

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 3133
• Professor: N/ A

Document Summary

Cmn3133 chapter 4 media and political knowledge. What do americans know about politics? necessary for politics to work. Although we live in a time where politics are bombarding us through easy access of information, people are uninformed and the internet comprises a lot of false information. Normative democratic theory citizen knowledge and competence is. Lack of incentive one vote makes no difference in an election. Expansion of media choices more access to news, social media, youtube. Heuristics shortcuts that people use to formulate political decisions. Elite democratic theory politics in industrialized democracies has become so complicated and time-consuming that it requires a class of experts (elected officials) to make high-level political decisions. Disconnect between politics and everyday life etc. means voters can still gain information but it may lack facts. Examines the effects that a communication medium can exert on knowledge. Newspapers offer higher degrees of political knowledge as you can re-read.