MASS MEDIA, PROTECTOR OF DEMOCRACY IN THE PRESENT POLITICOECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MASS MEDIA, PROTECTOR OF DEMOCRACY IN THE PRESENT POLITICOECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

Summary/Abstract: In the present politico-economic environment in Romania, Mass Media plays a very important role, it won the position of the fourth power in state monitoring the other three. The media managed to gloriously enter the political life and, thus, a new character was formed – the journalist who became a real expert in the creation of the public opinion, who outlines ideas and transmits them at the same time to the members of the society, sharing a part of his experience with them. Practically, the appearance of the media modified the constitution rules of public space and public opinion, thus creating a completely new system of relations between the political class and the voters, system that is generated and mediatized through this institution. The present article has as purpose the analysis of political communication through the media, both outside the electoral campaigns and during the election periods. The study has as starting point the debates existing in the specialty literature, concerning mass media’s role and influence in the political communication.

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