Journalism

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This paper examines how mass media has become an institution that plays a vital role in shaping and influencing the minds of the people and how through different forms of media , like newspapers, radios, TVs, computers (Internet) and other electronic devices, information can be relayed immediately to people at a few number of days or even in seconds. It analyzes how print media, particularly news in newspapers, plays a vital role in promoting democracy, free speech and thinking in society through the practice of exchanging ideas, critical thinking and promotion of human interaction and communication, regardless of the political nature of the society.

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"For the American society, the print media is a symbol of democracy, which is enacted by the exercise of press freedom. News delivered about various events in and out of the country, positive or negative, small news or big news; all of these are available in print media thru newspapers. For a democratic country like the United States, press freedom is important, and this, in effect, makes news important to people. Not only do people obtain factual information about events in and out of the country through the news, but being able to acquire print media, specifically the news, result to an exchange of ideas about a specific issue/topic."

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