Do the Media and Information Industries "Govern" Communities?

The media is known as the fourth estate, a part of the power structure alongside government, the church and the law (Watson, 2003, p. 91). Media has played an important role in our society and will continue to influence and shape our culture for ages to come. It has the power to define, persuade, inform and dis-inform. The media can be found everywhere in many of form such as television, radio, magazines, newspapers, the internet and so on. People rely heavily on the media because it can inform, educate and also entertain the people. In this essay, the word "govern" here means control and…