Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a …
ROLE OF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA The purpose of the mainstream media changes over time to reflect the prevailing thought and behavior within society as a way to express the current, underlying feelings, emotions, truths and beliefs of a nation and its citizens. Mainstream media …
ADVERTISING IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA The mainstream media industry in particular, and the larger telecommunications sector in general, are in the profit business during an era of vast and rapid change in the United States. But unfortunately for American society, culture, and democracy, that private …
The idea of net neutrality is the belief that internet service providers (ISP’s) treat all transmission of data over the internet equally, and not discriminate, weaken, slow down or change the use of data based on user, content, website, platform, message, application, type of …
Income inequality refers to the extent to which income is distributed in an uneven manner among a population. U.S. Economy American freedom, liberty, entrepreneurship, and the belief that any individual in the United States possesses the ability to succeed in life with the proper …
American Taxes Taxes on income in the United States were first implemented in 1861 to help pay for the Civil War. Taxes increase during wars or in times where the country requires large amounts of money. In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson and Congress made …
The Myth of Trickle-Down Economics Trickle-down economics represents a flawed American ideology that states that tax cuts, higher executive compensation, and increased benefits to the wealthy and corporate, class trickles down, like water falling from the top of a tree to the roots at …
Government Role in the Economy How an Uncorrupt Government Functions: Promotes economic stability and growth through changes to fiscal policy (tax rates and government spending programs), and changes to the monetary policy (interest rates) through the Federal Reserve, which affects the amount of money …
How Corporations Control the Government The founding fathers intended for the system of government within the United States to resemble a democracy and a republic, where an active citizenry engages in intellectual social and political discussion, and debate about important issues, while the larger …