PPT-Democracy & the News Media

Myths Sensationalism James Madison Nothing could be more irrational than to give the people power and to withhold from them information without which power is abused A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both. Democracy in EU Policy and MENA Perceptions After the Arab Uprisings. The Arab . Transformations . Project: Political, Economic, and Social Transformations in the Middle East and North Africa. Andrea Teti. POLS 1336. U.S. and Texas Politics and Constitution. The News Media I. March 3-5, 2015. What is the Mass Media?. Mass media. : “affordable communications technologies capable of reaching an extensive audience” (p. 125). rely on others . for access to the story?. The Business of Journalism . How economics and capitalism shape news media. Today’s Goal:. Explore the effects of media conglomeration and de-regulation on the diversity (or lack thereof) in news media today. The most commonly discussed forms of bias occur when the media support or attack a particular political party, candidate, or ideology, but other common forms of bias include:. Advertising bias. , when stories are selected or slanted to please advertisers.. Greece. : The Ancient Greeks governed. under a . direct democracy. . In a direct . democracy, citizens participate . directly. in. the decision making process of . Government.. Rome. : The Ancient Romans saw the rise of. T. imeliness/ . I. mmediacy. News is what is happening NOW. If it happened last month or last year, it’s not news anymore; it’s history. . Often, the most newsworthy element in the story is the most recent happening, the latest occurrence that relates to the news event.. Question:. In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media -- such as newspapers, TV and radio -- when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately and fairly?. Trust in Media. Bias . using . Simple Textual . Analysis. Yuval Pinter . Shuki. Tausig Oren . Persico. Motivation / Hypotheses. Media is biased. Israeli media is super-biased. Machine Learning detects bias. Headlines could be enough. Adam Dobrodt, Donna Pistolis and Martha Vickery. History of Fake News. Benjamin Franklin. John Adams. Yellow Journalism. Hoaxes. Social Media and Fake News. Never in human history has more information been available to more people. But it’s also true that never in history has more . La gamme de thé MORPHEE vise toute générations recherchant le sommeil paisible tant désiré et non procuré par tout types de médicaments. Essentiellement composé de feuille de morphine, ce thé vous assurera d’un rétablissement digne d’un voyage sur . Why did democracy give way to militarism in Japan? L/O – To identify and examine how Japanese democracy was undermined and why it collapsed in 1932 Japan between the Wars Between 1918 and 1932, Japanese politics went through a period known as ‘ Policy Code BEDI Issued DRAFT/16 Issued 3/03 Purpose: To establish the basic structure for news media notification of and attendance at board meetings. The board believes that one of t he its para English. You will need . A workbook . or a digital journal.. Learning intention. To develop knowledge and understanding of how representations of people, ideas, issues and events are constructed in news media.. Sooyeon Kim. Kasan Gaidai University . s. 90y.ni@gmail.com. Shaping International News Coverage in Japanese Online Media . –. . Sooyeon Kim. Eighth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies .