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Media Transparency

Media transparency deals with the way the media is viewed to the public today and concerns why the media may portray something the way that it does. Media communication can be a very powerful tool in affecting change whether it is political or social. The various implications it has on the way issues are viewed within the government and to the public affect much public policy change in the United States. Social media participation can be a key factor in whether or not something is accepted by the government. Transparency causes issues when there are many competing sources and they may be corrupt. The biased information can affect a public policy if the government is tampering with the way the information is portrayed, in order to shed a positive or negative light on it. Depending on how transparent a news article is one can determine how reliable it is and make their own assumptions or draw their own conclusions from the findings. Media transparency brings up issues concerning freedom of speech since certain governments may censor what information is conveyed in order to sway public opinion one way or another. Corruption has been a major issue in the growth and progress of certain parts of the world, due mainly to the fact that there is a lack of media transparency. Transparency, publicity, and accountability are all needed in order to produce change. Just making information available may not be enough to prevent corruption if such conditions for publicity and accountability, as education, media circulation and free and fair elections are weak. Information should attempt to be reached by much of the common public if it is to catapult change in the areas being exposed. It may be helpful to strengthen people’s capacity to act upon the information they receive through transparency, in order to ensure it's effectiveness.

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