how can the media help a individual who wishes to have an active influence on government?

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tumblewolf · Answer

Humans rely a lot on the media for information. We watch the news to understand what is happening in the world, we watch movies and shows for entertainment, and we watch documentaries to learn something. If you have control of a media source you can control what information gets fed to the people. This adds a mall leash . It can also give you a way to spread propaganda about yourself in a way to twist the public's image of you.

tumblewolf · Answer

The Cold War for example was a major example of propaganda. Both sides of the conflict used imaged to relay the message they wanted the people to hear. Actually the majority of these adds were aimed at children. America used some of the "pure american" items such as movies, comic books, bubble gum, TV, and movies as a way to portray a sort of "fear factor' so to say. This helped stir a dislike of Soviet Russia and it drew support for the war.