A Merican Mass Media And The Expansion Of Presidential Power After The Second World War

After the second world war,with the rising and development of mass media,American president more and more used mass media to carry out political persuasion activities,by passing the congressmen and her traditional negotiating opponents to directly appeal to the general public to support their policies and actions.Political speeches,press conferences,media public relations and public opinion testing are the most important means for post-war presidents to guide public opinion and smoothly carry out their policies.Through the continuous effort,the United States gradually formed an effective political communication system.The American mass media has always regarded itself as the guardian of the people’s interests,and most of them take the position of the supervisor.The media has gradually become an important object of presidential politics,and gaining the support and recognition from the media has also become an important strategy of the president.These political resources occupied by the president make the president occupy the strategic initiative in the game with the Congress,the Supreme Court and the administrative bureaucracy.The president gradually becomes the main actor with huge assistant resources in the American political system.However,no matter how presidential politics changes,it is still within the framework of the American constitutional system,and the mode of government-to-congress cooperation and Supreme Court ruling will always be the basic mode of the American constitutional system.