CS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Blog, Individualism, Ethnocentrism
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90% of canadians are interested or somewhat interested in news and follow it on a daily basis. News is the significant, the unusual, that which affects us according to brian green. Benjamin harris published the first newspaper in 1690 called publick occurences" in boston. A newspaper needed royal consent and since he did not get that he was shut down after one issue. John zenger produced a paper in new york to go against the papers that were crown-supported in. 1733, the newspaper antagonized the governor and zenger was arrested. Andrew hamilton argued for zenger that there should be no punishment for printing articles that are true. The traditions still in place from the colonial period: The news media, both print and broadcast, relish their independence from government censorship and control. The news media, especially newspapers and magazines, actively try to mould government policy and mobilize public sentiment. Today this is done primarily on the editorial page.
