What is 'the Fourth Estate'?Is new media technology responsible for the decline in newspapers?What does it mean "maybe the Internet is already the cyberspace of the fourth estate"?
the forth estate was quoted by Edmund Burke to be the press, the other 3 estates were Parliament, religion and the court. he said that the press checked that the other 3 estates were not abusing the power that they were given. although this is not true so much lately they have still been cased where the press have revealed slanders in the government. they revealed that a member of the government had corrupt dealing with an arms dealer, the paper was taken to court but the suit was dropped and the member of government taken to prison.
i think the new media technology is responsible for the decline in the newspapers. the t.v made it accessible to get 24 hour news so there is no need for papers. this and the internet will eventually bring the downfall of the papers. all the digital media it more accessible and more up to date and can bring out the new stories instantly rather than having to wait till the next morning.
when saying that the internet is becoming the new 4th estate it really is because the inter covers all aspects of the media from the t.v to new films. the internet will cover and report on everything in out society, for this reason it has become the new fourth estate. the internet will make sure that all the other estates don't abuse there powers and this would include the papers. there are people on the internet who will look at every aspect of the papers and enteritises it for the smallest things due to the fact that it is freedom of speech and so easy to report on the internet using blogs and websites.
i think the new media technology is responsible for the decline in the newspapers. the t.v made it accessible to get 24 hour news so there is no need for papers. this and the internet will eventually bring the downfall of the papers. all the digital media it more accessible and more up to date and can bring out the new stories instantly rather than having to wait till the next morning.
when saying that the internet is becoming the new 4th estate it really is because the inter covers all aspects of the media from the t.v to new films. the internet will cover and report on everything in out society, for this reason it has become the new fourth estate. the internet will make sure that all the other estates don't abuse there powers and this would include the papers. there are people on the internet who will look at every aspect of the papers and enteritises it for the smallest things due to the fact that it is freedom of speech and so easy to report on the internet using blogs and websites.
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