POLSCI 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Chicago Daily News, Unapologetic, Row And Column Spaces
13 Dec 2017
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Chapter 14: mass media and the press: mass media and the press in democracy. Media: the methods or technologies people use for communications, such as phones, radios, tvs, newspapers, and the internet. Press: the people and organizations that provide content- news, etc. - that is disseminated across media. Hard for media companies to make money through providing political content through the internet. Profit causes companies to promote the news in a way that sells. If it bleeds, it leads drive for profits also determines how media companies allocate resources. Infotainment: mass media programming that is intended primarily to entertain but also provide political news. Newspapers and magazines have been largely protected from government regulation because of 1st amendment. However broadcast media such as airwaves for radios and television are considered public property. Federal communications commission"s fairness doctrine: required television and radio stations to offer at least two sides of every controversial public issue (ended in 1987)
