We return to the media by seeing how the government interacts with the content we see.

Media Regulation: Crash Course Government #45 Crash Course Government and Politics

Premiered January 23, 2016
Media Regulation: Crash Course Government #45

Today we wrap up our discussion of the media by talking about how the government interacts with and influences the content we see. Now it may be easy to assume that because we live in a free-market capitalist society, the only real regulation of the media is determined by the consumers, but this isn’t necessarily true.

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Crash Course Government and Politics

Welcome to school without the classroom! Host Craig Benzine takes you through a tour of US government and politics.

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