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What is the role of the media in a democratic society?

A) Should the media be a proponent for a specific political attitude, or should the media be a check on keeping government honest and accountable? 

B) What should the balance be between the free press and national security?

 

 

Two portrayals of the Brooklyn Bridge

 

                                                    

                 Walker Evans                                                          Joseph Stella

What connections can you make with these works of art and the role of media in a democratic society?

Questions

What is the role of the media

in a democratic society?

 

  • A)  Should the media be a proponent for a specific political attitude, or should the media  be a check on keeping government honest and accountable? 
  • B)  What should the balance be between the free press and national security?

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