How do Political impact the Media?,and what affect does the Media have on Political Parties or Interest Groups
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Two good case studies would be: 1. Fox News Channel, an news station often accused of having a strong right wing agenda or 2. The media agreeing not to publish photo's of FDR in a wheelchair for fear that it would make him look bad. (Can you imagine the press nowadays agreeing not to make Bush look bad?)
875168
The three main factors affecting voting decisions for individuals are trust in government, interest in politics, and probability that vote will affect the outcome of an election.\n\nYou have the same election packet i have. That's weird.
278532
Depends on their political party
241683
Here's a good site about politics:\n\nhttp://www.politics1.com
716588
It's used all the time ! anywhere and everywhere. Look at the elections coming up. If it weren't for propaganda and the disinformation , there would be no political news on T.V.\nI want to know how they stand not what their opponents can accuse them of, and hope it sticks. I guess most people do not feel this way, as the politicians continue to use this negative campaigning. It is so aggravating!\nI think most people have their minds made up long before the election , and when they hear a negative view , against their party, They disregard it and when it is against his opponent, they agree with it. So it really does not win any votes at all!.
670713
... usually a paper does a story on both candidates... maybe not on the same day though\n\nsome papers are very skewed toward the liberal or conservative sides though... depends on what you're reading...\n\nI don't think they have to offer it though... it's not regulated by the government as much like TV networks are...
583752
The media. Through spin and sensationalism they control the minds and emotions of the masses. They are the one international power that affects every civilized nation without exception and can induce riots, revolts, protests, public outrage, boycotts, or whatever else they wish.
926114
the media with a lot of propaganda\n\nand rich people
298258
The media is controlled by corporations that are trying to sell you a product and influence your politics to fit their interests.
628228
Media doesn't effect the Governement.  Government effects media.   Media exlusivly represents private interest and thusly only reflects values and ideas of a handful of individuals.
234151
In the US, there are only two main factions.  They are the Democrats and the Republicans.  The Democrats are more for the working folks and younger people.  The Republicans are more for the older and richer people.\n\nSpecial interest groups are very influential in American politics, they invest millions of dollars into the campaign of many politicians from the lowest level to the highest.  Their influence is to try to pass legislation that will benefit their industry.
274128
Thanks.  That clears away some thoughts of a dark conspiracy.  I believe in a strong two-party system (as the best of all checks and balances) while permitting unlimited small parties to come and go.  Both parties deserve to share the celebrities.  They can help draw attention to candidates who need to get their message out.  Celebrities are often strongly motivated enough to even get into politics and run for office (as any of us are free to do).  My main objection is that certain celebrities who are probably too involved with their careers to study the issues merely parrot the invective of highly partisan (and highly paid?) political activists and bring very little real information to the debate.  I wish they would just shut up and cast their one vote; just like me.  But speech is free.
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I think the bigger issues with our current newsmedia are:\n\n1) Most newspapers have cut their staffs for budgetary reasons. This is true especially in their investigative reporting areas. The result? Almost no investigative reporting like we saw in Watergate.\n\n2) Partially as a result of the above, the newsmedia often simply reports quotes from sources (especially political and governmental) without doing any due diligence on the accuracy of these quotes. So all we get is the PR from the government and other political leaders.\n\nThe only hope I see is that the bloggers in the world will force the mainstream media to take on big questions. Keep your fingers crossed!
153470
You know, you really should do your own homework.  But I'll give you some starters: \n\nNormative: social norms shape human behaviors, as such, it approaches the policitical science from a "top-down" point of view.  The dominant social norms will determine the political environments during that time period.\n\nBehavioral: individual behaviors directly determine the outcome of political activities.  This is a "bottom-up" approach, where people's actions/reactions will dictate who gets to be the government and the direction of the government
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Yes. Making headlines on media. Then media makes money out of it by selling their images and styles. They also the people bring new fashions and of course as a result of their employemnt, which is the core economic value.
899870
I what has basically evolved is just two sides of the same coin.  That's due to all the cooperate money and influence. 3rd party candidates get marginalized and ridiculed in the media.(if they are mentioned at all). With the wealthy and powerful owning the media it would be very hard to change unless THE PEOPLE get really fed up. Expect that they will fight back very hard and dirty before conceding even a little power.  If you have ever read 'A Peoples History of the United States' by Howard Zinn, you'll know that every single right and you have today was fought long and hard by your ancestors to wrench each crumb from power.
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I'm sorry but I don't think you'll find the link above ^ to be particularly useful. Try this one instead and I think you'll find what you're looking for: http://politics1.com/parties.htm