The main way they have an effect on public policy, they supply evidence to the legislators/ the political parties. 2. How do you think the media influences the decisions of citizens and government officials? - I think the media influences affect is by the agenda setting for them. Meaning that this connects to the quantity and the kind of news coverage on the main topic of issues being presented.
The relationship then between the media and politicians according to Daniel Chandler, ‘The media and politicians have a love/hate relationship’. This is due to the fact that the politicians require the media to spread the word about their work. However this is also a relationship where the media requires politicians to satisfy the audiences’ interests of political issues ranging from results of general elections to every day political opinions regarding current events such as the terrorist attacks in Pakistan recently. There is also a belief within the political camp that the way the media portrays events is to their own beliefs. This is especially seen with newspapers.
News corporations attract viewers’ attention in order to make money, basically benefiting themselves. Networks attract viewers to increase ratings, so that when they would get more advertisers, meaning more profit that they will obtain. News bias make audiences reflect upon the truth of the stories that are being portrayed. There are several deception stories in which the News denied on releasing these types of stories, but in truth, they really are exaggerated perspectives of their own. TV news simply reflects only on one side of the story, and leaves the viewer the other side of the story untold; this is the reason why TV news is biased.
With this wide range of choices, a family can get to choose with their own preference. Old time radio favorites influenced many important entertainers we have in modern times. Canada emerged from its colonial past with a unique political art, music, and literature. Ironically, at a time when Canadians have the most confidence to make a virtue of their diversity, their cultural environment is rapidly becoming a piece of the American "entertainment" market. The order in council through which the Massey Commission was formed stated "it is in the national interest to give encouragement to institutions which express national feeling, promote common understanding and add to the variety and richness of Canadian
Economic Hit Man In the prologue of John Perkins,we understandhow US commercial interests have no limits no boundaries and no morality when it comes to their goals.John Perkins explains to his readers how the (EHM) are highly educated and paid professionals who deceive countries around the world to take out loans in order for them to invest in their infrastructure and development projects. These individuals make sure lucrative projects,and are contracted to US corporations so they eventually just benefit U.S corporations. These individuals give loans to countries knowingly they simply cannot handle the amount of debt because of the loans interest they would have to pay and the resources they have. This deprives citizens from those countries from various social services for many years,
As a result, the deeper biases reflected in sensationalism often leave citizens confused about issues which forces them to deconstruct this alternately managed and frenzied news in order to make sound judgements about their society and government. Without question, money necessitates an effective campaign and election, and a lot of it. The amount of money that can be raised and spent dominates and facilitates campaigns and elections. Affirmative advantages of possessing an abundance of money can enable an otherwise unknown candidate heard and seen. Money buys name recognition and organizational support, hence the reason that so much money is spent by candidates and their parties on media related campaigning.
But in recent years the awareness in people on social and political issues with the help of mass media has helped the people to become the deciders. The people started questioning the undemocratic rights of judicial authorities and some cases like Miranda law and ban of stop and search policies in the nations has shown that the people have a will to change the deciding powers. In a book titled “The Will of People”, Barry Friedman shows the improved judicial system and points to the fact that in the recent years the court decisions have not gone against the people’s rights. He says that the judicial cases of last sixty years the things have changed in judicial courts as the injustice has been questioned by the people as a result the unpopular decisions have been rejected. The American people have now realized their powers and they have given opinions on the cases concerned with the constitutional laws and public rights.
There are many things, words, or people that may try and define Canada and its political culture between the 1990's and present, but to be truly honest one must come to the conclusion that unless you intend to write more than a few measly sentences, you may not even come close. Now when many people try to describe the political culture of Canada they think of three things that have shaped the politics of our nation recently, the separatist movement in Quebec, the emergence of conservatism in the west, and the blow the Liberals have taken due to the emergence of the Sponsorship scandal and the Gomery inquiry. These three things, all encompassed into a single nation of politics is what shapes our nation today, and maybe even defines the term of Canadian political culture. Since the days when the first English - French confrontation happened in the recently discovered Canada, political culture in Quebec has always been different from the rest of the country. The French-Canadians have always been looking for and perhaps maybe pushing towards a separate and sovereign country of their own.
PBS, a media power house in the United States, conducted a survey and found that their staff was 90 percent white, and 87 percent male. It is also important to consider the point of view from which media is reported. Some media companies report stories and depict how the rich, the powerful, or politicians will be affected, but tend to ignore those who are directly affected by the issue. An example of this is seen when natural disasters occurm and some media companies focus on how the tourism sector and economy will be affected, rather than on how the dead and their families are affected, or on how the region will recover, Sometimes, those affected by the issue barely get a chance to air their voices and thoughts. There are many other factors that affect how fairly news is depicted, such as the context, the language in which the news is reported, the terminology used, and societal stereotypes.
Are the footballers overpaid? No they are not. It's the fans who make the value the player sky high. I think that they should be allowed to be paid a lot according to their talent. The main reason being this generation has changed It has been argued that professional football players are being overpaid for their profession.