1.3 Rationale and Relevancy of Mass Media

1. The democracy's oxygen — the informed-citizen's necessity (the public-deliberation's medium (the elections'-and-accountability's infrastructure)). 2. The watchdog (the fourth estate) — the power's scrutiny (the investigative journalism (the corruption's exposure (the Pro-Public-type tradition))); the courts'-and-executive's critical companion. 3. The rights' vehicle — the expression's own realisation (the Art-17(2)(a) freedom (U2.1)); the public's right-to-know (the Art-27 link (U2.3)). 4. The social functions — the education-and-culture; the entertainment; the development's messenger (the public-health-and-disaster communication). 5. The relevancy (the flip-side) — the power's danger (the misinformation's spread (the hate's amplification (U7)); the privacy's invasion (U2.4)); the regulation's justification (the 1.4's bridge).