Should America Make Voting Compulsory? – Free-Rider Problem and U.S. Democratic Government
Can the government of a polity characterized by low levels of political participation truly work? This question appears to be particularly important …
Faults of the Electoral College System
Chapter 10 discusses why citizens vote in the way they do and how these voting practices affect that outcomes of elections. It …
Voter Turnout
There is a common understanding both in our class and within society as a whole that the United States has a low …
Corporate Consolidation of Local News
The role of the news media is arguably just as important as any of the three branches of our government. Our freedom …
How Large Cooperations Affect what we hear
It comes as little surprise to most Americans that any large cooperation is going to seek out strategies that sell their good …
The Internet as a News Source
The prominence of the Internet as the main source of news for people has been building up since its conception in the …
Relationship Between Business Corporations and Politicians
Chapter 6 discussed the role of news media in our democratic system. The news media has three main roles: being the watchdog …
It’s about profits, not politics
Chapter six revolves around the Media and how it informs individuals on the topics that they consider news. It talks about how …
The Enhanced Challenge of News Media in the Era of Internet
This week the new chapter of textbook ushered in a crucial component of democracy and our civil society —- the News Media. …
In Comcast We Trust?
The United States was founded on a wide variety of freedoms entailed in the Bill of Rights. One of the first of …