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A 10 page research paper that examines issues of authenticity will look specifically at how changes in mainstream media and the advent of the Internet have acerbated the blurring of the line between what is real and authentic and what is regarded with the jaundiced eye of suspicion. The points brought out in this discussion are then applied to society within a broader context and how technology is further blurring the line between what is authentic and what is not. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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process from the nightly news, but 39 percent indicate that they receive the majority of their campaign news from a parody news show (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)?1 It
suggests that a large majority of young voters no longer trust the authenticity of news media and, rather, feel more comfortable with a satire that is up-front about its lack
of authenticity than with the so-called "real thing." The following examination of issues of authenticity will look specifically at how changes in mainstream media and the advent of the
Internet have acerbated the blurring of the line between what is real and authentic and what is regarded with the jaundiced eye of suspicion. The points brought out in this
discussion are then applied to society within a broader context and how technology is further blurring the line between what is authentic and what is not. The News A
free and independent press was considered by the founding fathers to be essential to the maintenance of a democratic society. In this electronic age, this concept naturally encompasses all outlets
for the news, print, television, radio and, now, the Internet. No individual is capable of examining all events firsthand and, therefore, the media has the role of surrogate and teacher,
informing the citizenry on what they need to know to be responsible as co-policymakers within a democratic framework.2 When news agencies do not tell the truth, that is, when they
are inauthentic, they can alter perceptions, sometimes in ways that threaten the societies that they presumable serve. In his study of Nazi Germany, historian William Shirer described the distorting
effect of purposely distorted news, which was designed to support a specific political agenda. Shirer records that he would hear "the most outlandish assertions from seemingly educated and intelligent persons"
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