Tuesday, November 30, 2010

How does mass media reflect a political system globally?

Media reflects a political system globally because the government can control the freedom of the press essentially. The two types of government are authoritarian and libertarian. Authoritarian government it run as a dictatorship, and libertarian government allows for freedom of the press. "The world's nations and media systems can be measured on a scale of media freedom" (Vivan 420). The mass media is reflected in this sentiment with pre-publication censorship, which means authorities preview material before dissemination, also they believe that anyone who goes against the government is reporting based on falsity in authoritarian. The United States is a libertarian government and under the first amendment, people have the right they should be guaranteed freedoms such as speech and press. Under libertarian government press has free reign as long as it doesn't interfere with security. Mass media is reflected politically because it's freedom is defined by the government.

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