Big Brother effect. Government is the enemy. The state of the economy is directly tied to the media and public's opinions, though in reality, it may not have any correlation. The media and politics create an environment that is adversarial and works against democracy. The media is everywhere and profoundly effects viewer opinions on politics.
Politicians fight the media agenda daily to inform constituents of their views.
The group report discusses the collective thoughts of the members during the research process. After reading the chapter, each member decided on an area of research which related to something discussed in the chapter. The assignment was an annotated bibliography of the sources researched. The sources included a minimum of one book, two journal articles, one newspaper article, one interview, and three web sites.