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Assignment on Rich Media Poor Democracy (1)

Assignment on Rich Media Poor Democracy

Q 1. What does this film add to your understanding of the media industry ? 2. How does what you learn in this documentary compare with information in your textbook? 3. How does the filmmaker structure the film? Writing about the film Write a two to three page essay with the following parameters: 1. Write a one-paragraph synopsis of the film. 2. Write one to two paragraphs in which you describe what you believe were the filmmaker’s main objective(s) and explain the methods the filmmaker used to try and achieve those objectives. Include your opinions of the filmmaker's approach. 3. Write three to four paragraphs in which you identify what this film adds to your understanding of at least three of the themes of the module listed below: 1. Media conglomeration 2. The FCC 3. The role of the government in the structuring the media environment at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st century 4. Democracy and the structure of the media industry

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1. keep people in power and have diversity of opinion. Likewise, the filmmaker also stated that regarding any incident diversity of opinion is must. Also fake journalism is an unhealthy practice which can disable the whole democratic system, thus before going for any conclusion fact checking is must. I feel whatever I have read in textbook, this film is the video and audio version of that content.