Contemporary journalism has come under scrutiny as various studies have analysed the social roles and effects of it in the modern world.
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Contemporary journalism has come under scrutiny as various studies have analysed the social roles and effects of it in the modern world. Journalism and the presentation of news worldwide have changed in nature over the last twenty years as news is far more easily accessed now as opposed to 1984. Most of us can now access news at the click of a button through the internet, mobile phones, digital television and teletext. We have more channels to obtain news from than ever before but how do we use this news or maybe the question is how does this news use us? Many different theories exist as to what role journalism plays in the modern day. Each theory has merits but each one is also very questionable. The development of media moguls beginning in the 1970's and covering the vast majority of the 1980's and 1990's and the power they yield in news...

