Mass Media and its Impact on the Quality of the Democracy of the United States

Essay aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Politik - Region: USA, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: This paper will help ascertain the major impacts of the United States¿ mass media on the quality of its long democratic tradition. The paper discusses briefly, the concept and components of a democracy, the generic role of the mass media and effects on the democratic process and explores the role and impacts of the mass media in the United States on its democratic processes. It has widely been acknowledged that there is a reciprocal relationship between free and independent mass media and the quality of a multi-party democratic system.