THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN THE POLITICAL YEAR

Abstract

Mass communication media serves to channel the aspirations of the people to be heard by the wider. This press is actually made by the people and for the people. The mass media of the 1920s was known as the press and is now often abbreviated as media. It cannot be denied that the more advanced Age makes the puzzle of man more and more open. Many people need more information than they have in their places. The mindset becomes unlimited. The topic of discussion of this paper, on the contrary to the regulation of mass media in the world of politics and the media conditions of Indonesia today. Like the rise of false or virus news from some social media, and how to address the media both print and electronic are often used as a tool of political campaigns disguised. Mass media also plays an important role in reporting on the state's condition. In the midst of many needs of everyday life, there are many that still occur when the progress of the nation. For the progress of the nation will also impact on the welfare of its people.