Arts & Humanities Journal

Title: The critical role of the media and free press in the promotion and strengthening of democracy

Abstract:

The media in today’s modern life and society have played a wonderful and unmatched role, to the extent that perhaps it could be said that the perception of contemporary society without various media seems very difficult. Nevertheless, and given the widespread and rampant dominance of modern media, it should be noted that the media can have a huge impact on the various spheres of human life. Today, the mass media, with the new data and information transfer and the exchange of public opinions have played a critical role in the development of human culture and civilization. Therefore, many scholars in the present era have called the human life as the age of communication. The question that this paper seeks to answer is whether the media and free press with their critical outlook play an essential role in spreading democracy? In response to this question, the assumption is that the culture of media rationality I the main factor to the stability of democratic governments and citizens' political maturity in free systems.