- •Write in detail about the Types of Press System in the Modern State.
- •Write an essay about the Modern Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, News services, and wire services
- •Write about “The Giant: Television”. Summarize shortly how tv affects News and Politics (nomination & apathy).
- •Please, explain how Media and Government are interrelated with each other. You can cover case studies: “Watergate and Iraq war”
- •Summarize please in detail the Roles foe the Media in a Democracy: Common carrier, watchdog, signaler, public representative.
- •Explain shortly three main Types of the Government
- •What is the Presidential System?
- •What is the Parliamentary System?
- •What are the Disadvantages and Advantages of the Parliamentary System?
- •32.What are the political parties? Explain them with their purposes and functions.
- •33.Explain the functions of the political parties
- •34. What are the types of the political parties?
- •35. What are the two main Political parties. Outline their differences
- •36. What are the Third parties in usa?
- •37. Political parties in kz with their heads and duties
- •3. Communist Party of Kazakhstan
- •4. Kazakhstan Social and Democratic Party “Auyl”
- •5. Kazakhstan Patriots’ Party
Chapter 5. Political Ideologies
Who was Adam Smith. What was his contribution to Capitalism?
Book, “Political Theories for Students”, pages 25-27
Adam Smith (1723–1790), an early theorist of capitalism, wrote his book An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776 which, though not immediately a success, became the first publication having to do with capitalistic theory.Smith recommended allowing the market to make economic decisions through self–regulation rather than allowing the government to control commerce and industry.
The main idea of his book was that there is a natural progression through four stages that humans follow, from the crude caveman to more organized agriculture, then to feudal farming and finally to capitalistic independence and commercial wealth.
White shortly about St. Thomas Aquinas and his contribution to Capitalism.
Book, “Political Theories for Students”, pages 22-24.
What are the main Factors for Capitalistic society? Individualism, Market economy, Decentralization, Links between supply and demand, Competition, Profit.
Book, “Political Theories for Students”, pages 27-29.
Write briefly about Capitalism in USA. Rise of the service economy, Non–Profits, The government steps in, The debate over public vs. private
Book, “Political Theories for Students”, pages 27-29.
Compare Capitalism in Germany-Japan and USA-UK
Book, “Political Theories for Students”, pages 34-37.
Chapter 6. Political regimes
Please, explain in detail the Characteristics of Representative Democracy: Popular Accountability of Government, Political Competition, Alternation in Power, Popular representation,
(Book PS, pages 72-78)
Please, explain in detail further Characteristics of Representative Democracy: Majority Decision, Right of Dissent and Disobedience, Political Equality, Popular Consolation, Free Press.
(Book PS, pages 72-78)
Write a brief essay about Six Basic Features of Totalitarianism: Ann All-Encompassing Ideology, A Single Party, Organized Terror, Monopoly of Communications, Monopoly of Weapons, Conttroled Economy, Right-Wing Totalitarianism.
(Book PS, pages 82-86)
What is the deference between Totalitarian and Authoritarian systems.
(Book PS, pages 82-90)
Chapter 8. Media
Write in detail about the Types of Press System in the Modern State.
There are at least three possible ways the press and media can work in a modern country.
1)the Oligopoly of the capitalist press system. This is the type we see in the US and liberal democracies. Big business comes to own the newspapers, radio & TV stations. It is relatively easy for the government to control the news. Almost all news is business oriented. Good news is news that is good for business. There is almost no news about labor and the working class. Reporting about efforts of workers for better pay and working conditions is reported negatively. All unions are depicted as being run by corrupt and dictatorial bosses. Those who operate the media use advertising and cable fees, in the case of TV, to make the largest profits possible. The American Cable News Network(CNN), owned by Ted Turner, has become a mouthpiece of American style capitalism on a global basis. It is mostly about markets and news that is good, or bad for the market.
It was not always this way, but as Chomsky has pointed out about England, the most typical evolution under a capitalist market system is that the small independent news sources get destroyed and are taken over by the big publishers that are controlled by big business. In the US, f.e, hundreds of small town newspapers that were once independently owned are now owned by large news corporations like the NY Times, Times Mirror Corporation and Gannet. Some of the very same stories appear in hundreds of newspapers on the same day.
2) The state controlled press system. Here the news outlets are controlled by the government. The quality of the news depends on the nature of the regime in power. If it is a peoples’ democracy, it could be quite good. However, it is never a desirable situation that the press should be controlled by the state. There must be an independent press in a free country, and if the people are to be adequately informed. Or in the case of the former Soviet Union, it could be propaganda that serves the needs of the commissars. In the case of statist, militarist and bureaucratic regime, it again will be biased in favor of the statist oligarchs, the military, and other sectors of the ruling class that rule the system.
3)People’s media, people supported media. This is a case where the media is decentralized and is not for profit. It is not paid for by advertising. This means that it is not up to the big companies to decide what people hear orsee. People who actually listen to radio, read papers or watch TV subscribe and support the media outlets. They may also receive public, money, but must maintain their independence from the government, so the government doesn’t control the content of the news. This sort of news can be democratic and provide very good and accurate information. This is a model that doesn’t exist on a large scale but is emerging to some extent.
There are a number of radio stations like this in the US, particularly in the NY and California. They are becoming more popular, actually, because many people don’t believe the news that hear on TV and radio any more. And people don’t trust what the government says as much as in the past. Government officials, including the President, have been caught lying to the people too many times since the 1960s. When there were more small newspapers owned and run locally, there were more people’s opinions. Now big newspapers like the NYT owns dozens of newspapers, and they all say almost the same thing. The very same columns and stories appear in dozens of newspapers all across the country. If there are more and smaller outlets, people can participate, making the press more democratic.
To summarize, modern government try to use the press to further their own purpose and get public support, while giving the appearance that the press is free. But a free press must be controlled and operated by the people, not the government and big business.