Press freedom takes influential place in a country. It represents citizen's freedom of speech and the right to know. Media can expose news without obstructor or any controls by government and organizations. There should not be control over the press and press freedom is necessary for regulation the growth of corruption, development of economy and maintenance of democracy.
One of the advantages of press freedom is it can help to control on the level of corruption. A country which has higher press freedom tends to lower corruption in government or some private's agents (Brunetti & Weder, 2003). Sometimes countries might think free press threatens the stability of politics and it might be easy to control by different organizations; however, again
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The price of the stock will easily affected by press. Positive news usually lead to increase the price of stock and negative news may cause deduction to the stock price. Fang, Peress and Zheng (2014) give an interesting point that investors are affected by the broadcast. They may influence by the media easily and change their investigating plan. Individual investors are shown that they rely to message and follow the advice from the media. Even experienced investor cannot resist the bias. It is an interesting point that bias resulted by press will cause investors focus on companies with positive news and fund those companies. Furthermore, the companies which was reported to have a negative image may lose the concentration for investors (Hooghiemstra, 2000). It will cause a reduction to the price of companies. Therefore, press without control may cause confusion but it provide an unsuspecting stocking …show more content…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau who is a famous Francopphone Genvan philosopher explained that opinions form the society is a law which is beyond the law. That is to say, he thought that public opinion is the most important one among the laws (Rousseau, 1762). As a matter of fact, media can gather opinion of citizens, which means if media is not allowed, then public opinion will not be gathered. Therefore, government cannot listen to the people and know their demands. The situation become worse that government will pay less attention to citizens and even ignore them. Additionally, if media is restricted by the government, officials will choose to filter out those information from public opinion which are harmful to the regime of party. A government which lose the public reaction will never be a representative of all citizens and finally it will be a dictatorship society rather than a democracy
The press sharing public opinion about the role of government influence political attitudes, aids in the development of public opinion, intermediary between people and government, questions motives and purpose of government, play important role in public agenda, less clear if they change the public opinion but then people tend to watch channels that follow their political beliefs. The press plays a central role in informing the public about what happens in the
Freedom of speech and press will be restricted by the government. To a point where people would be scared to express themselves, or spread information so they might be punished. Even if their opinion is erroneous and maleficent, it’s still that person’s opinion and he’s entitled to it. Same can be said for the common good: everyone should be able to voice their opinions without censorship anywhere. Everyone should also have the access to any information on the internet.
”All newspapers had small circulations and most were financed by political groups as a means to express particular opinions and criticize their opponents”(Braunwarth Chp10.2.1). While modern day the availability of news is limitless, having un biased and accurate information is limited. “In the early twentieth century many newspapers….The so-called “muckrakers” dug up stories about government corruption, which was at an all-time high in the United States. In their zeal to expose, newspapers often published stories based on faulty information”(Braunwarth Chp10.2.5). False news accompanied by slander is still a problem in modern times and the control is in the hands of political parties. The control over the media and current utilization causes harm to a democratic country, the citizens are shown false information not to educate them but rather, persuade them to vote in favor of the medias benefactor by only showing points they want observed. “the media do not so much influence what people think as what they think about.” By gatekeeping and framing, the media help determine which policies the public thinks are important” (Braunwarth Chp10.7.3). The public has an option on where they become educated to vote but many of those resources are all owned by four
When used to it's. full extent, it can sway the views of entire nations. If a public is only given the negative or positive aspects of their views. will be greatly biased. By controlling what information is available. to the public, the government can control the country a lot easier.
Throughout history, the populace was limited by their media and government due to their “belief” of what should be or not should be exposed to the public. The government is basically blinding them from seeing the reality of the i...
First, the role of the media is to represent the public and intervene between the public and the government. The media is a mirror, which re...
Freedom of expression is one the most important Human Right an individual can have, it also shapes a free, democratic society. One of the most valuable instrument to disseminate the freedom of expression is the press. However, journalists usually are targets of radicals, opposing the amount of information spread by the press, because of their daring to publish all opinions to the society.
Alternative Journalism threatens to disrupt the normative structures that mainstream journalism has created in which many news agencies follow. What can be described as Alternative journalism is anything that provides information that challenges the mainstream flow. It challenges the Mainstream news by hoping to play a balanced and unbiased role within the industry by showing stories which do not get shown within mainstream news. Alternative journalism has also become a voice for groups within society that have become under represented which can vary from indigenous groups to different forms of subcultures. The Alternative can also be more credible sources of information than what we find in the Mainstream news because journalism done by alternative
According to Dahl, this criterion emphasizes that citizens must have the equal and effective opportunities to learn about politics surrounding them (1998, 38). The goal of enlightened understanding is to ensure that citizens can make the best decisions that serve their interests. Analyzing freedom of press is an effective indicator to measure enlightened understanding because media is the best medium that citizens could access to learn about what is going on in their government. Without freedom of press, freedom of expression of journalists and scholars are violated and thus, they might encounter difficulties in reporting about politics. Although India has the Right to Information Act, which assures the promotion of "transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority," it is not being enforced enough (2005, 1). According to a research, India 's press status is evaluated as "partly free" (Freedom House, 2014). Furthermore, the press status of India 's score stands at 39 out of 100, where 0 represents the freest status and 100 represents the least free status (Sinha, 2014). In the World Press Freedom Index, India was ranked as the 140th out of 180 countries in terms of freedom of media (Reporters Without Borders ,
One of the fundamental roles of the media in a liberal democracy is to critically scrutinise governmental affairs: that is to act as a watchdog of government to ensure that the government can be held accountable by the public. However, the systematic deregulation of media systems worldwide is diminishing the ability of citizens to meaningfully participate in policymaking process governing the media (McChesney, 2003, p. 126). The relaxation of ownership rules and control, has resulted in a move away from diversity of production to a situation where media ownership is becoming increasing concentrated by just a few predominantly western global conglomerates (M...
Americans look to the press to provide the information they need to make informed political choices. How well the press lives up to its responsibility to provide this information has a direct impact upon Americans: how they think about and act upon the issues that confront them.
Newspapers have allowed for such a freedom in our everyday lives, and most have not even realized this fact. They have provided us with an outlet to speak our mind about politics, societal issues, public differences, and religion and cultures. Searching online to find such knowledge can be extremely challenging; moreover, newspapers always seem to be a place to find valid information. Newspapers have started to come off the printer more slowly over the past decade. More people are turning to electronic ways to find information rather than going to the direct source where that electronic media got their information. Most reliable information comes from newspapers where high up and educated citizens or leaders speak their mind on certain and important topics. The reason newspapers should stay a part of today’s society is because they offer a way for people to speak freely about what they please and get their voice heard, they are always credible, and they help us hear the problems of the world openly from different perspectives.
The media provides information to educate, inform or simply entertain its audience. The importance of the media is to publish the message worldwide, so that it can become popular with the public. The effects of media on our society are different some of them are even harmful. Media was one of the causes of World War I. Journalists and writers of that time tried to publish newspapers and magazines that were telling people how good nationalism was. They were advertising war and weapons.
There are numbered of news channels that have maximum coverage throughout the country. Media contribute a lot to develop public knowledge but even after years of success, media could not alter public’s attitude towards issues. Media should discourage smoothly such attitude of public. Demonstrations and protests are good to increase pressure towards the solution of any problem, but there should be a proper way to express which should result oriented.
Before the press media had come into picture people used to communicate by writing letters and sending them to direct mails. The appearance of press media came as an informational revolution. This early press media became a source of information, promotion and projection. It was specialized in diverse spheres and was focused on all the issues concerning daily lives and well beings. Press educates people about international happenings, entertainment, political and sports events. After the press media radio and television had been discovered, which lead us to a different kind of revolution. Now people could not only read but also hear and see the news. A recent poll states that about 59% of America’s population obtains the world news on television out of which 37% is through cable and 22%through broadcast. As mention in the site (Media Use Statistics)