FUNCTIONS OF THE MEDIA

Educate, entertain, mouthpiece, mediators, watchdog, platform for expression, inform, gatekeepers, employment, investigate, create awareness, publicity, cultural integration, agents of socialization, criticize, maintain relationships, mobilizers, historical record keepers, agenda setters, motivators, agent of change, propagandist, agitating for change.

SOCIETAL FUNCTION	ECONOMIC FUNCTIONS	POLITICAL FUNCTION
1.   Entertain	Educate	Mouthpiece
2. Mediators	Employment	Watchdog
3. Mouthpiece	Investigate	Platform for expression
4. Watchdog	Create awareness	Gate keepers
5. Platform for expression	Investigate	Investigate
6. Inform	Publicity	Create awareness
7. Gate keepers	Criticize	Investigate
8. Employment	Mobilizers	Publicity
9. Investigate	Agenda setters	Cultural integration
10. Create awareness		Criticize
11. Investigate		Mobilizers
12. Publicity		Agenda setters
13. Cultural integration		Motivators
14. Agents of socialization		Agent of change
15. Criticize		Propagandist
16. Maintain relationships		Agitating for change
17. Mobilizers
18. Historical record keepers
19. Agenda setters
20. Motivators
21. Agent of change
22. Propagandist
23. Agitating for change