How the Media Informs Us about Democracy

 The media plays a huge role in most societies, and is considered to be a very significant tool as it is the main reason behind us finding out what’s going on in and around where we live as well as in different parts of the world.

There are various forms of the media which all do pretty much the same thing just in different ways. For example newspapers and tabloids inform us to a great extent as most individuals buy the times, the sun, the daily mirror etc on their way to work or even on the go and through these various forms of media we are able to gain valuable information and also enhance our knowledge about current affairs and government issues when it comes to to democracy.

Media democracy is a set of ideas advocating reforming the mass media, strengthening public service broadcasting, and developing and participating in alternative media and citizen journalism. The stated purpose for doing so is to create a mass media system that informs and empowers all members of society, and enhances democratic values. It is a liberal-democratic approach to media studies that advocates the reformation of the mass media with an emphasis on public service broadcasting and audience participation, through the use of citizen journalism and alternative media channels. A media democracy focuses on using information technologies to both empower individual citizens and promote democratic ideals through the spread of information

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_democracy