Define the term mediated and explain how the mediation of information has evolved from the pre-Enlightenment era through the present day.
What will be an ideal response?
During the pre-Enlightenment era illiteracy rates were high and political narratives, although varied, were typically disseminated through clergy and monarchs. The invention of the printing press led to increased literacy rates and meant that information could now be mediated more independently leading to more competing narratives. Today’s world is almost entirely mediated with numerous benefits and potential pitfalls, which students should be able to identify, that previous generations could never have imagined.
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__________________ is a cold, calculated, efficient, and extremely destructive form of terrorism, partly because of the overwhelming power at the disposal of the governments
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a. Civil violence is stopped by UN interventions. b. Civil violence is allowed to burn itself out until one side is victorious. c. Civil violence rarely has a definitive ending to the conflict, so no intervention is effective. d. Civil violence only hurts the nation in which the conflict is occurring and will cease once resources are exhausted.
A set of beliefs about politics and society that helps people make sense of their world is called ______.
a. a political attitude b. an ideology c. a public policy d. public opinion e. political socialization