The Media As a Global Political System

The media has fallen into different political systems throughout it's history, originating in Authoritarianism and shifting to Libertarianism as well as other global political systems. Originally most of mass media's history involved the authoritarian political system because the powerful monarchies were authoritarian. Unfortunately because this type of government is based upon a monarchy or dictatorship, the media is suppressed through censorship and other means. Typically this control does not last long because the truth is hard to suppress, for example Franco's Spain had a media blackout during the Holocaust but the people heard of the horrors of the Holocaust through other means(The Media of Mass Communication).

Oppositely, Libertarians believe that humans are capable of finding the truth through reason. Typically this refers to a Democratic government such as in the United States where the First Amendment gives freedom to the press. Even with this freedom many stories about wars in the United States over the years have been censored. Also other nations like China India and Britain have different ways of organizing their media systems, with systems like India's Bollywood, Britain's BBC and China's Golden Shield. By looking at the differences in how the media is organized throughout the world it is clear that the media is it's own political system. Just like global politics, the media has different protocols and laws throughout the world.