1. To what extent do the
media promote
democracy?
Democracy: a system of
government that involves some
form of election by the people
A democracy can only work if there is a
well informed _______________. The mass media provides political information
and any _________ will have an adverse effect on the voting public.
At the beginning of the century different ___________________ held different
opinions about the relationship between politics and the press. Quality
broadsheets such as the Times and the Daily Telegraph were read by the middle
and upper classes which were mainly ____________________ whereas the
___________ ___________was affiliated to the Sun or the Daily Herod. Lord
Beaverbrook of The Express takes a ______________position saying that the main
purpose of the paper is to print propaganda.
By the late 20th century press owners were closely linked to ______________
interest and factions. For example funds from Unionist Central office (Tory) were
secretly paid to 4 leading papers. Until recently political bias reflected the
essentially conservative learning’s of the British Press, as a result a small amount of
__________________________ ______________________ control a considerable
amount of what we see, hear and read. __________ of the national dailies give
strong support to the Conservative party, _____________ to Labour party and none
at all to the Liberal Party. This suggests rather little of the political
______________ which the free market is supposed to produce.
Labour party Electorate
Bias Political
Radical proprietors
Pluralism 1/5th
¾
Multinational corporatations Conservative

2. To what extent do the media promote democracy?
Democracy: a system of government that involves some form of election
by the people
A democracy can only work if there is a well informed electorate. The mass media provides
political information and any bias will have an adverse effect on the voting public.
At the beginning of the century different proprietors held different opinions about the
relationship between politics and the press. Quality broadsheets such as the Times and the Daily
Telegraph were read by the middle and upper classes which were mainly conservative whereas
the Labour party was affiliated to the Sun or the Daily Herod. Lord Beaverbrook of The Express
takes a radical position saying that the main purpose of the paper is to print propaganda.
By the late 20th century press owners were closely linked to political interest and factions. For
example funds from Unionist Central office (Tory) were secretly paid to 4 leading papers. Until
recently political bias reflected the essentially conservative learning’s of the British Press, as a
result a small amount of multinational corporations control a considerable amount of what we
see, hear and read. ¾ of the national dailies give strong support to the Conservative party, 1/5th
to Labour party and none at all to the Liberal Party. This suggests rather little of the political
pluralism which the free market is supposed to produce.