... and citizens. They are helpful in providing advice and effective solutions. They help the citizens develop the tools to solve complex problems to work collectively and become leaders. With direct connections between citizens and public officials they try and establish an appropriate balance of power between citizens and the institutions of government. As neutral arbiters, intermediaries are able to position themselves ... with the message is particularly potent because many audience members have no way of independently or critically judging the validity of the message news is not nessec...

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