In what ways do the media protect people from a tyrannical government?

Media plays a very important role in a democratic government. It protects the people in many ways; first it represents a source of information, especially those sources that are less censored by the government. International media also servesd as a source of information, letting the rest of the world now what is happening in a certain country, thanks to the internet this information circulates a lot faster.

In recent years, social media has also begun to play a fundamental part in the participation of the audiences, so people are no longer just recipients of information, but they also have a platform to engage in public discussions and report injustices.

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.  

i feel as if they would both catch on before to long because they would see them to frequent