Social Media Impact On Elections

    In today’s modern time, social media has a huge impact on political environment. How the World Changed Social Media claims, “ Such political activity as there is on social media is usually at a national level and is conducted mainly by supporters…” (Miller 142,143). Social media presents a national level bias. During the last ten years, politics has gained much traction on these sites.  For example, campaigns for national

The 2016 election has been the first election where social media has been a key player to how people got their information. Statistics say “44 percent of American adults said they had learned something new in the past week about the election from social media.” However, with social media such an important influence on the younger generation it is important for all of this information to be legitimate and truthful. Google and Facebook have recently changed their policies to try to stop fake news articles from popping up within their ad space. The spread of fake news articles skews the public's perception of the candidates. The guardian talks about how the American voter is not just one demographic (college educated individuals, white men, minorities etc. ) because of this lack of (straightforward), it's hard to get an accurate prediction on who would have won the election. Additionally, the media affected the election negatively because they did not give the general public enough information to understand the statistics that they were

More and more people are getting their news from social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Tumbler and many more, and candidates are using this to their advantage. This election is probably one of the first were candidates have actually used social media sites as their direct communication line to potential voters. Social media today had gone from gossip and family pictures to a location for political strategy. Thanks largely to trumps regular social media first declarations and its actually working particularly with the younger voters. A study released last year from the Pew Research Center that Marissa Lang cited showed that “Among 18- to 29-year-olds, nearly two-thirds said social media is the most helpful means of learning new things about politics.” (Lang, 2016). Even if the candidate isn’t the one posting the video or message in the end it will still end up on social media. For example, Trump had announced his plan to ban all Muslims from entering the united states in South Carolina not on social media however it found its way there and spread like wild fire. This sent those who were outraged to respond in disgust and those who encouraged it to share it so that their friends could see and so on and so on. Even if those who shared it did it to

Does Nicolas Carr, author of “How Social Media Is Ruining Politics” provide enough evidence that social media is ruining politics? The answer is a very obvious yes. Overtime, social media has slowly polarized the political perception of the American people. Social Networking is a new, popular medium that has changed the nature of political conversation. Therefore, it has become both a good thing and a bad thing. It has encouraged those who once did not partake in the political process to participate. Social networking is very useful to find out news and information ahead of the news media.. “It has become an easy way for political candidates to connect and communicate with the American people.” (Carr 1) While social media might provide the candidates with a form of convenience because it simplifies and speeds up the communication process, it also provides many ways for their campaigns to be easily and deliberately attacked. Unfortunately, what receives the most attention on social media is outrageous statements. Some candidates like Donald Trump know how to use this to their advantage. The danger in this is that candidates tend to use abrasive soundbites to grab the attention of the social media user. Unfortunately, the abrasive soundbites are often taken out the intended context. Other candidates like Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush did not come to this realization as quickly because they did not want to take the chance of hindering their image. They understood that a

In the article “Did Social Media Ruin Election 2016,” the author, Sam Sanders, makes many valid points about social media, one being that it is not being used for what it was created for. Today, especially these past few months during the controversial election, social media has been used as a place for users to argue with others that do not agree with them. Sanders goes on to make many other points about social media being used destructively, and I agree with the vast majority of them.

Social media has given the human race an unprecedented amount of access to news and information. However, the validity and vetting of this information is often questionable at best. The emergence of websites such as Breitbart, Occupy Democrats, and TheBlaze have given way to a constant stream of partisan

These assumptions raised many questions to research as well. Moody, Cohen, and Fournon (2013) raised the first question of “What types of messages did candidates disseminate utilizing tweets during the 2011-12 Presidential Primaries” (p. 3). The next question brought up by Moody, Cohen, and Fournon (2013) was, “Were runner-up candidates more likely than front-runners to include a negative tone in their tweets” (p. 3). Then the third question stated by Moody, Cohen and Fournon (2013) was, “Were runner-up candidates more likely than front-runners to attack their opponents in their tweets” (p. 3) Finally, the fourth and final question raised by Moody, Cohen, and Fournon (2013) stated, “What interactive units did politicians use within their tweets. To what type of content did they link? What was the tone of candidate hashtags” (p. 3).

As technology continues to advance over time, political parties are able to further advance their operations. The use of social media on politics in our society has impacted all Americans; regardless of their party. One of these impacts is that technology has created a fundamental flow of communication, which, as a result, makes it easier for the candidates to persuade their party. An example of this communication would be things such as, but not limited to: newspapers, television and even twitter. During this election year, if a viewer is watching television, they are guaranteed to see at least one commercial promoting a candidates belief, in order for viewers to gain knowledge and opinion on the stance of each party.

In this Article it discussed the way facebook and other social media program has affected people's political views. I feel that this ties in with the idea of Media Bias. Media Bias for example is the way news reporters inform you about the news, they try to inform you on what they want you to hear and the way they see it. Facebook has become a main source for people to be persuaded into who they may choose in an upcoming election. When you go down your news feed you may see other people saying things like “How can you trust Hillary” or“ How do you believe Trumps sanity? Then the comments under such post are endless which then make reader begin to agree with certain people which then creates media bias. These pages have meaningful audiences,

In the first article titled, “How Social Media Is Ruining Politics” I found that one of the strongest observations made is when the author pointed out how people tend to only seek out information that they believe is right. When talking about blogs and how the internet was some years back the author mentions that people tend to seek, “information that reinforced their biases and rejecting contrary perspectives” (Carr 5). This is especially true today as a person is very unlikely to google something that contradicts what they believe. The author does a very good job at providing examples of how this is applied to social media. For example, on Twitter one can only like a tweet only reinforcing the spreading of one’s own ideas to others with similar

“Academic research has consistently found that people who consume more news media have a greater probability of being civically and politically engaged across a variety of measures.” In a generation where everyone’s time and attention is progressively focused on social media apps such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter, there are still people who seek to appraise the relationship between public engagement and social media use. The media is a very useful tool to get people participating in the world of politics. A lot of us find out about political candidates, rallies, debates, and events through news channels, newspapers, social media, and radio stations. The media has always been critiqued by some but it also gives people the chance to be influenced by their government. Many people will login to their Facebook page and see hundreds of political memes. According to Dictionary.com a meme is “an image that is spread via the internet and often altered in a creative or humorous way.” When it comes to political memes, people like to brew jokes about the political candidates they despise and get reactions out of others. People are consistently sharing articles about candidate flaws such as Hillary Clinton’s 30,000 deleted emails or Donald Trump not releasing his tax returns. These things can tremendously affect people altering their

Dick Cheney once said “I do find that the mainstream media oftentimes is what I would consider off base or has a bias” and that is because there is a bias. Having a bias in social media is not a good thing because it affects the quality of journalism and the audience’s views on politics. No matter how much people complain about a bias in our society it is not going to change any time soon. The best thing that the public can do is educate themselves on the social media that agrees with their views and morals. Two of the top media services, National Public Radio and Fox News, both on very different ends of the political spectrum but both have a very big impact.

Through the advancing technologies of the modern world, information has become more accessible, interactive, and well distributed. People are able to receive all kinds of information via social media platforms, online blogs, televisions, radios, cell phone apps, magazines, newspapers, and etcetera. Those information help people get a better understanding of the world around them. But due to individuality, different subject matters create different responses and opinions. Political issues in the United States receive lots of attention from all over the world. Media and politics in the U.S. go hand in hand with one another. A study done by Rainie, Smith, Schlozman, Brady, and Verba at Pew Internet Research shows that 60% of the American adult population uses social media sites, and 66% of that population has participated in political activities on social media (2012). With the mass majority of people who are involved in political activities over media, rationalization over political issues can be complicated due to the different sources of information and the views of individuals. Especially during the presidential elections, millions of dollars are spent on campaign ads which many argued that they are considered biased. Nevertheless, it raises the question of whether the media is politically biased or the public is biased over political issues. With the evidence collected from the assimilation effect, hostile media phenomenon, and uses and

Social media is a huge influence during this day and age due to how easily accessible it is. During the presidential election, this past year social media was heavily influenced because of the candidates that were running. I followed Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Bernie Sanders on all social media outlets because even though I did not agree with all of them and their views on how the country should be run I liked to hear their different ideas. This is just one example of how political socialization is acquired. Another agent of socialization that is very strong in forming your political opinion is your family and peers. My family is very outspoken and I was taught from a very young age to not hold my tongue because I am afraid of what others will think of me. As, for my peers, I only engage with people who have

Social media has grown at phenomenal rates over the past decade, with its rise being easily visible in several fields such as publishing, business, and activism, among others. The rise of its use in the field of politics is well known by those who are on and off social media, as a result of increasing number of politicians using this global platform to their maximum advantage.