media and politics

TS In the last 15 years, information technology has dramatically transformed their media environment. ELABORATION The fax machine, satellite television and Internet have made it difficult for governments to control or exclude the external media.

EG The Chinese government did not understand the new media when Tiananmen happened in 1989. The international media was staked out in front of Beijing's Great Hall of the People for President Gorbachev's visit. They stayed on to cover the huge protesting crowds. When the final crackdown came on June 4, the events were broadcast live to the world.

For years, those video clips were replayed each time the news covered China.

when the power of the media is misunderstood., things can go wrong