Question 2: Media and Voter turnout Today’s technology is more powerful and far greater than in the years past. New forms of media have opened the door to numerous areas of communication. “Networks and independents spawned satellite link-ups, cable television, telephone marketing, computer networks, video players and home shopping clubs. More extensive than our endless ribbon of rails, roadways or skyways, our media networks could reach out and touch anyone” (Rushkoff 170). There are an abundant …showed first 75 words of 1258 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1258 total…and discovering new areas that they were restricted from just a couple years ago. Because of this, media is working now with the government. Media and public opinion are working together accomplishing feats and helping American democracy. Public opinion is largely responsible for the low voter turnout rates in America. Public opinion requests one thing, while political parties offer another, causing parties to lose the loyalty of their members. Government is just too complicated sometimes…