[Answered] POLI330N-Week 2 Discussion: Connection Between Our Culture and the News Media (Option 1 & 2)

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

  • Textbook: Chapter 5, 6
  • Lesson: Read this Week’s Lesson which is located in the Modules tab
  • Initial Post: minimum of 2 scholarly sources (must include your textbook for one of the sources). Follow-Up Post: minimum of 1 scholarly source for your Follow-Up Post.

Initial Post Instructions

For the initial post, respond to one of the following options, and label the beginning of your post indicating either Option 1 or Option 2:

Option 1: The framers of the Constitution were concerned that everyday citizens would not be able to understand or comprehend the makings of our government. They felt that everyday citizens were uninformed and did not care what was going on in our government. Even today we see where citizens are interested in government affairs seemingly only if our country is in turmoil such as unemployment, recessions, civil unrest, etc. Do you agree with this assessment? Are we uninformed? Do we wait till a crisis happens to voice our opinions?

Option 2: Many experts see the media as biased and more like infotainment. In fact, many people have turned to social networks as an outlet for news instead of CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN and other news stations. Do you see this as an issue? Do you see the news as biased or unbiased? Should there be more restrictions on the news stations?

Be sure to make connections between your ideas and conclusions and the research, concepts, terms, and theory we are discussing this week.

Follow-Up Post Instructions

Respond to at least one peer. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification. Minimum of 1 scholarly source which can include your textbook or assigned readings or may be from your additional scholarly research.

Writing Requirements

  • Minimum of 2 posts (1 initial & 1 follow-up)
  • Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and an outside source) for your Initial Post, and 1 scholarly source for your Follow-Up Post.
  • APA format for in-text citations and list of references

SOLUTION  

Hi Prof and everyone,

Before, individuals relied on televisions to acquire news. That is, in the era of social media, individuals relied on television use, radios and newspapers as their news sources. The news sources such as the televisions were trusted completely as individuals were updated on what was going around them. This has changed today as individuals no longer rely on televisions and newspapers for news. Americans today rely on social media sources to acquire news, with some of the popular sites like Youtube, Facebook and Twitter (Shearer & Mitchell, 2021). Social media also plays an important role in politics and also is accessible to many people than when using televisions and newspapers.

It is hard to find an unbiased post. This is because the news is interpreted how individuals view them. …..please click the purchase button to access the entire discussion at $5