One key component of journalism content is political information. Indeed, journalists are gatekeepers of information on the political process. Journalists set the political agenda by calling attention to community concerns to the electorate, who in turn influence elected officials and opinion leaders. Undergraduate student government and student newspaper experiences are integral parts of the political socialization process for the greater community. You learn to relate political sentiments of various constituencies, and translate those ideas into government initiatives and investigative reporting.
Political alienation is about a feeling of powerlessness in a community.
Education is a process of empowerment. It vanquishes the specter of political alienation by providing the technology of politics and journalism in a usable form. It teaches one how to go out and actually change the world. It gives hope to those who despair in political alienation. It is easier to be negative than to be positive and constructive.