1. The Media

2. This chapter 6 describes the origin and growth of the media, assess their objectivity, and examine their influence on politics.

3. People, Government and Communication.
Communication is the process of transmitting information from one individual or group to another.
Mass communications is the process by which information is transmitted to large, heterogeneous, widely dispersed audiences.

4. Mass Media
Refers to the means for communicating to these audiences. The mass Media are divided into two types:
Print Media
Broadcast media:

5. Print media: Broadcast media:
communicate information through the publication of words and pictures on Paper.
Broadcast media:
communicate information electronically, through sounds and images.
Ex: Daily news papers and popular Magazines
Ex: Radio and Television. Internet ?

6. In Democratic governments, information must flow freely in both directions; a democratic government can respond to public opinion only if its citizens can make their opinions known.

7. The media are the only mechanisms that specialize in communication.
Although this chapter concentrates on political uses of five prominent mass media, such as:
News Papers
Magazines
Radio
Television
Internet
Political content can also be transmitted through other mass media, such as:
Recordings
Motion pictures.

8. The Development of the Mass Media in the United States.
Our focus here is on mass media in the news industry
On print
Broadcast journal

9. Newspapers
Magazines
Radio
Television
The Internet

10. Private Ownership of the Media

11. Government Regulation of the Media

12. Functions of the Mass Media for the Political System

13. Evaluating the Media in Government

14. Summary