The role of the mass media in American politics today.

Title: The role of the mass media in American politics today.
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The role of the mass media in American politics today.
The mass media today play a vital role in American politics and possess a vast amount of power with reference to the political process. A role is defined as characteristic and expected social behaviour and the function, position or actions taken by a required person or group. (web reference 1) Politics as we know it is inconceivable without the mass media. They are the central forums of political communication in modern liberal democracies and are known …showed first 75 words of 2331 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2331 total…Greenwood Press Inc, New York. Stewart, R & Ward, I (1996) Politics One, Macmillan, Melbourne Tiffen, R (2000) 'The news media and Australian politics: contemporary challenges for Australian democracy in the information age' in Politics of Australian Society: Political Issues for the New Century, Eds. Boreham, P, Stokes, G, & Hall, R, Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs Forest, Sydney. Tiffen, R (1989) News and Power, Sydney. 1. www.dictionary.com 2. http://www.cultsock.ndirect.co.uk/MUHome/cshtml/index.html

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