political and economic pressure on newspaper notes from class

Question 1

journalism and democracy

what the media ought to do in democratic societies

Answer 1

watchdog
inform citizenry
diversity of viewpoints

Question 2

economic pressures

Answer 2

profit motive
bottom line is measure of corp. success
pro-dereg. laissez faire approach (competition and market expansion)

Question 3

criticisms of the excess of US economic system
unrestrained pursuit of profits
whenever profit motives and altruistic motives compete for attention of corp. management

Answer 3

puts self interest above social resp.

commercial interests often prevail

Question 4

economic pressures:
some ethicists have argued that one who is motivated primarily by self interest in situations calling for moral judgment cannot ?
does that mean that moral agents driven by economic motives have rejected ?

Answer 4

behave ethically

social resp.

Question 5

three sources where economic pressure comes from

Answer 5

financial supporters
the competition
public at large

Question 6

profits versus?
media as servants of public interest =
media as big businesses =
pressures?
concentration of?

Answer 6

first amendment
transcends purely commercial interests
economic pressures compete aggressively for influence in decision making
corporation and public equity ownership, ratings, advertising, sensationalism
media ownership (missing watchdog, diversity of ideas, debate)