Interest Groups, Media (politics)

Media Politics

Internet and television are changing the face of political discourse . In his book , Amusing Ourselves To Death Neil Postman gives candid details of how television has shaped political conversation in the last 20 years but this has been overcome by the advent of internet technology Television has changed much since 1987 in addition to advancements such as HDTV , DVR . News can be watched 24 hours across many networks . For example cable subscribers are able to watch over 1000 channels with the click of a button . Advertising has grown tremendously as

ads jam programs in the form of product endorsements and normal commercials . The internet is not excluded from this change because it offers the users a simple way of accessing news and communication with many people all over the world . Each of these mediums represents a new era in which people try to become politically enlightened while at the same time minimizing the quantity of information they are able to consume (Postman , 13

Political discourse and the media have been changing over the years Hume observes that , the television commercial is a primary instrument of political discourse (Hume , 27 . This is true in the current media although some other instruments like The Daily Show are gaining political importance . Political programs should be placed on the same platform as political commercials instead of using them as the main source of political discourse . Although the commercials have a good impact this is reduced by the video recs that give user...