Public opinion, democracy and media

Authors

  • Ricardo Miguel Etchegaray Universidad Nacional de La Matanza (UNLaM) Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora (UNLZ) Universidad del Salvador (USAL)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54789/rihumso.12.1.1.2

Keywords:

Public opinion, democracy, media

Abstract

The article is part of the Giovanni Satori’s thesis in his Homo Videns about the effects of the massive media (specially, television) about the public opinion and the democratic societies if today. This author maintains that the audiovisual media produce an ideology effect and ride into “videocracy” and a public opinion manipulation, blocking the critical capacity of citizens from childhood, In this way, this paper reflects about media in their relation to the concepts of reality, information, objectivity and truth through an ethic perspective. 

Author Biography

Ricardo Miguel Etchegaray, Universidad Nacional de La Matanza (UNLaM) Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora (UNLZ) Universidad del Salvador (USAL)

Professor in Philosophy, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Master in Social Sciences, Universidad Nacional de La Matanza. Doctor in Philosophy, Universidad del Salvador. Professor and researcher in Philosophy.

Published

2012-05-15

How to Cite

Etchegaray, R. M. (2012). Public opinion, democracy and media. Journal of Research of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1(1), 11-36. https://doi.org/10.54789/rihumso.12.1.1.2

Issue

Section

Social Communication