NationTraits:Information and Media

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"*In today's news, the stock market rises by 52 points. The weather is eighty-two and balmy. Breaking news, thirteen people were shot at [EXPUNGED] University. The suspect is currently on the run from police.*"

"*Today's weather is fifty-eight with a sixty percent chance of rain. Our Glorious Leader is expecting to still give their speech despite the high risks. They are truly a man of honor.*"

Media is the way information is passed from one to the next, whether through word-of-mouth, newspapers, news stations, holobooths that constantly show the events of the world, or otherwise. It is an integral part of any nation, and as such has been described below for the relative ease of use for nations.

## **Free Information**

Freedom of Information. Your nation does not hinder the flow, transcription, or otherwise of information from source to populace.

### **Effects**

* Information is free to come from any source.

### **Mutual Exclusivity**

**Free Information** is mutually exclusive with **Regulated Information**.

## **Regulated Information**

Regulation of Information. Your nation may hinder the flow, transcription, or otherwise of information from source to populace.

### **Effects**

* Information can only come from certain sources.

### **Mutual Exclusivity**

**Regulated Information** is mutually exclusive with **Free Information**.

## **Information Policing - Level 1**

Your nation keeps a close eye on the basic information that travels through the internet and news sources.

### **Effects**

* Dangerous Information is kept from the Public.
* Government watches basic online interactions (Webpage Monitoring, Headlines, Blogs/Social Media).

### **Mutual Exclusivity**

**Information Policing - Level 1** is mutually exclusive with **Information Policing - Level 2**, **Information Policing - Level 3**, and **Information Policing - Level 4**.

## **Information Policing - Level 2**

Your nation goes through lengths to ensure that information doesn't negatively affect the populace.

### **Effects**

* Dangerous Information is kept from the Public.
* Information that Negatively affects the population is kept from the Public.
* Government watches standard online interactions (Webpages, Private Groups, Social Media that otherwise has privacy blocks).

### **Mutual Exclusivity**

**Information Policing - Level 2** is mutually exclusive with **Information Policing - Level 1**, **Information Policing - Level 3**, and **Information Policing - Level 4**.

## **Information Policing - Level 3**

Your nation ensures that no dissenting or dangerous views are able to make it through.

### **Effects**

* Dangerous Information is kept from the Public.
* Information that Negatively affects the population is kept from the Public.
* All Information that the Government disagrees with is kept from the Public.
* Government watches all online interactions (Private Chats, all CCTVs, etc.).

### **Mutual Exclusivity**

**Information Policing - Level 3** is mutually exclusive with **Information Policing - Level 1**, **Information Policing - Level 2**, and **Information Policing - Level 4**.

## **Information Policing - Level 4**

Your nation ensures that there is only what the government wants the people to see. Nothing more, nothing less. Tranquility and peace will be kept by keeping the people unaware.

### **Effects**

* Dangerous Information is kept from the Public.
* Information that Negatively affects the population is kept from the Public.
* All Information that the Government disagrees with is kept from the Public.
* Government can keep anything they wish from the Populace.
* Government watches all online interactions (Private Chats, all CCTVs, etc.).

### **Mutual Exclusivity**

**Information Policing - Level 4** is mutually exclusive with **Information Policing - Level 1**, **Information Policing - Level 2**, and **Information Policing - Level 3**.

## **No Media**

There are no forms of media besides word-of-mouth. Information is slow to move, and citizens too far apart may never hear of something that happened.

### **Effects**

* No Mass Media
* No Social Media
* Populace kept out of loop of current events
* Information is slow to move.

### **Mutual Exclusivity**

**No Media** is mutually exclusive with **Free Media - Level 1**, **Free Media - Level 2**, **Free Media - Level 3**, **State Media - Level 1**, **State Media - Level 2**, and **State Media - Level 3**.

## **Free Media - Level 1**

Media is free to be run by anyone. There may be some government sources, some specifically from political parties, from independent companies, and the like. There's choices, but probably only a few.

### **Effects**

* Few Independent Sources
* May report on anything

### **Mutual Exclusivity**

**Free Media - Level 1** is mutually exclusive with **No Media**, **Free Media - Level 2**, **Free Media - Level 3**, **State Media - Level 1**, **State Media - Level 2**, and **State Media - Level 3**.

## **Free Media - Level 2**

Media is free to be run by anyone. There may be some government sources, some specifically from political parties, from independent companies, and the like. There's quite a decent amount of choices.

### **Effects**

* A decent number of Independent Sources
* May report on anything
* Much more competition between the sources.

### **Mutual Exclusivity**

**Free Media - Level 2** is mutually exclusive with **No Media**, **Free Media - Level 1**, **Free Media - Level 3**, **State Media - Level 1**, **State Media - Level 2**, and **State Media - Level 3**.

## **Free Media - Level 3**

Media is free to be run by anyone. There may be some government sources, some specifically from political parties, from independent companies, and the like. Literally if there is a topic, there is someone somewhere who is doing something on it, and thus there are more choices than people realize.

### **Effects**

* A significant number of Independent Sources
* May report on anything
* Much more competition between the sources.
* Political Freedoms +10
* Civil Rights +10

### **Mutual Exclusivity**

**Free Media - Level 3** is mutually exclusive with **No Media**, **Free Media - Level 1**, **Free Media - Level 2**, **State Media - Level 1**, **State Media - Level 2**, and **State Media - Level 3**.

## **State Media - Level 1**

There may be only one government-run news source, with what they report on limited by what the government tells them.

### **Effects**

* One State-Run News Source
* Only reports on what the government says they may.

### **Mutual Exclusivity**

**State Media - Level 1** is mutually exclusive with **No Media**, **Free Media - Level 1**, **Free Media - Level 2**, **Free Media - Level 3**, **State Media - Level 2**, and **State Media - Level 3**.

## **State Media - Level 2**

There may be one or two government-run news sources, reporting independently of each other but only to what the state says they can.

### **Effects**

* One or Two State-Run News Source
* Only reports on what the government says they may.
* Usually won't report on the same thing at the same time unless important enough.

### **Mutual Exclusivity**

**State Media - Level 2** is mutually exclusive with **No Media**, **Free Media - Level 1**, **Free Media - Level 2**, **Free Media - Level 3**, **State Media - Level 1**, and **State Media - Level 3**.

## **State Media - Level 3**

There may be one or more government-run news sources, each reporting independently, and either operating on their own or by the whims of the government. More autonomous than the other levels, but also not willing to report against the main government.

### **Effects**

* One or More State-Run News Source
* May report on whatever they wish, but will put priority to government sources / news.
* Basically under the guise of free media but more easy for the government to control.

### **Mutual Exclusivity**

**State Media - Level 3** is mutually exclusive with **No Media**, **Free Media - Level 1**, **Free Media - Level 2**, **Free Media - Level 3**, **State Media - Level 1**, and **State Media - Level 2**.