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Media Influence On Domestic Policy

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Some current domestic policy issues that many Americans are aware of due to recent tragic events in our nation and its exploitation amongst the media are gun control and arming teachers, the nation’s people are looking to the government to step up, they are demanding stricter gun laws, and looking for help in the protection of American school children, However, not all domestic issues are limited to affecting those within the United States, they go beyond the United States borders effecting our international neighbors as well.
Domestic policy are policies are typically made by the US government for issues and problems within the United States, the purpose and goals of these policies is to solve problems with the intent to provide a better quality of life for the American people. A policy is not made overnight, there are several steps in which a policy must go through before it becomes and actual policy. A domestic issue is first identified, for example, the recent school …show more content…

The power of media goes both ways, it can be a very powerful tool used to make people listen and help make important changes, however media can also portray important issues in a trivial light. Here again we look at our example on gun control, the media coverage of the tragic school shootings was on every news channel, it was in every newspaper, it was tweeted, face booked and whatever other media outlet there was, it was reported. Every protest was nationally covered, every time a school child spoke out against gun violence it was heard. The media is part of the policymaking process, it helps bring identification to the issue at hand, the media has the power to keep people engaged, they have the ability to enrage people and motivate people to act. On the other hand the media has the ability to fool and falsify, the government needs to be able to separate the media truths and lies when making their decisions regarding policies (Gul & Ulkemen,

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