Our final unit addresses how media serves as a linkage institution between voters and public policy. I outlined the major media sources and discussed how the internet and social media platforms have changed the way people receive and digest news. We discussed how the media shape how politicians approach the electorate by setting the news agenda and by framing the issues. We further noted how politicians need and use the media to gain public recognition and to promulate their messages. I additionally focused on how newspaper , radio , and subscription media outlets are by and large unregulated due to the First Amendment and in that regard reviewed the provisions of the First Amendment and the case of NY Times v United States that prohibits prior restraint.