Question

In what way did Habermas think mass media could be an enemy of democracy? Group of answer choices a) Media power could be used to increase consumerism. b) The powerful could use the media to manipulate the public into supporting the status quo. c) The media could be used to procure mass loyalty among the populace. d) Citizens would not engage in critical examination of the power held by those who ruled. e) All of the options are correct.

Answer 1

E - All of the options are correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

A) The media power actually increases consumerism. We live in a society based on consume; the media directs it in many ways.

B) The powerful use the media or social media to manipulate, to induce ideas into the minds of the people who uses it. They redirect the information to manipulate. For example, Mark Zuckeberg's scandal.

C) The media has loyalty in a group of people depending what ideas they share.

D) Citizens don't always engage in critical examination of the power. They criticise only those who they don't like.