Try To Talk About The American News Media The Establishment Of The Position Of Political Oversight

With the development of mass media, the media have played an increasinglyimportant role in political life. As an important industry in the US, American mediahave prominent features in this respect. American media have multiple politicalfunctions, including political communication, political socialization, promotingpolitical participation, influencing or participating in policy-making process andpolitical supervision. Its function of supervision is especially impressive withsupervising officials’ actions and policy process. Outstanding performances in theUS political development process like the Muckraking Movement and a series ofinvestigative reports gradually established the status of the US media as thesupervisor to the US government. American social and political conditions like theAmerican free and democratic culture, the protection of the Constitution andSupreme Court jurisprudence and independent and professional features of the mediaindustry have jointly ensured that status.From the perspective of political science and based on the US political and socialsituation, this thesis expounds the US media’s basic political functions, explain howit got the status to be the supervisor to the US government and demonstrate reasonsfor American media to achieve the status.