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talkpoliticsHi again, fellers! Time for the new monthly topic. The one you chose for July was:
Role of the Media in Politics
Some details on the subject...
- The mass media: nature, mission and common tools
- History of journalism in politics: from pamphleteers to microblogging
- The media as the fourth estate
- Ethics in journalism
- Censorship, auto-censorship, and the herd mentality
- How politicians use the media to win elections
- Free speech and political dissent in the media
- Bias and partisanship in the media
- The modern media and the age of information
- Embedded reporting, military journalism, electoral journalism
- Whistleblowing and investigative journalism
- Political scandals as a character-assassination tool
- The political blogosphere
- The future of journalism: print media vs the Internet
- Notable cases of media influence on politics
And here is the poll for August:
[Poll #2015692]
(Feel free to suggest more).
Role of the Media in Politics
Some details on the subject...
- The mass media: nature, mission and common tools
- History of journalism in politics: from pamphleteers to microblogging
- The media as the fourth estate
- Ethics in journalism
- Censorship, auto-censorship, and the herd mentality
- How politicians use the media to win elections
- Free speech and political dissent in the media
- Bias and partisanship in the media
- The modern media and the age of information
- Embedded reporting, military journalism, electoral journalism
- Whistleblowing and investigative journalism
- Political scandals as a character-assassination tool
- The political blogosphere
- The future of journalism: print media vs the Internet
- Notable cases of media influence on politics
And here is the poll for August:
[Poll #2015692]
(Feel free to suggest more).
