Citizens can become an effective part of this by thinking how they receive the information and how the media and the politicians can deliver it more effectively. Besides trying to figure out a way to make the current system work, citizens would also behoove themselves to help create a better national communication system. The media is not going to do all the political participation for the public; everyone must do his or her own part. Bennett discusses this quiet clearly by saying, ?In short, it can make a big difference to people if they realize that becoming better informed does not simply mean reading more papers or watching more television. It means decoding the information from these and other sources with a critical eye.? (Bennett 201)
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