Baum and Potter argue that the mass media, as an institution in our democracy, traditionally act as a conduit for information up and down between the political elite and their constituents. This describes

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Baum and Potter argue that the mass media, as an institution in our democracy, traditionally act as a conduit for information up and down between the political elite and their constituents. This describes the ascendent model of communication, as part of their Theoretical Synthesis between public opinion and Mass Media.

In 2008, these two scholars developed research regarding the way Mass Media and Public opinion related to each other in the United States. Matthew Baum is a professor of Harvard University and Philip B. K. Potter was a professor of Political Science at UCLA.

Their research focused on the way public opinion in America was affected by foreign policy issues and how this public opinion affected the decision made in foreign policy.

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actually, not all representation was acceptable based on this little piece of article, in 1776, the second continental congress issued the declaration of independence, stating their specific grievances with the british monarchy and why they were going to create a separate government. after the colonies separated from the british monarchy and formed the united states of america, they had to answer some crucial questions: 1) if not a monarchy, what type of government was the united states going to have? 2) what kind of government was going to protect the people without violating their individual liberties?