JOUR933 - Online and Research Journalism Assignment 3: Reflective Essay 1. Discuss the impact of commercial pressures on print news media investigation at the local level. ( Study Program, Week 9 ) We perceive the daily press as an important platform in our democracies because it acts as a watchdog, informs, comments and scrutinises, and gives access to individuals and groups to have a public debate. For various reasons traditional mass media are likely to continue to dominate the political …showed first 75 words of 1201 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1201 total…and relevance of the press is based on their success in achieving significance in this process, and in remaining a prime place for considered public debate, connecting citizens to their society. Sources Abramson, Jeffrey B., F. Christopher Arterton, and Gary R. Orren. The Electronic Commonwealth: The Impact of New Media Technologies on Democratic Politics. New York: Basic Books, 1988. Hertsgaard, Mark. On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988.