How Does Social Media Affect Presidential Elections
The growth of Presidential Elections Since the Beginning of Mass-Media
America has explored the field of technology and media, encountered new information and perspective, and exchanged information between the people of america and their presidential candidates in the american electoral system. Mass-media has completely changed the manor of American elections and revealed new ways to improve our voting system. We have encountered many new ways to spread information about elections and campaigns through media. We use mass-media to exchange information between presidential candidates and voters.. This has improved the way that we vote and allowed us more insight as to who we are voting for. Campaigns now have incredible reach with their viewers. …show more content…
People use social media to share positive and negative opinions about different candidates and their political beliefs. This brings huge change to the election as a whole because of the massive exchange of information. So many different people with vastly different opinions are able to gain a large following and share their ideas with the world. This can have a great effect on voters and spread new information all over america. It can also get new voters involved with politics, and increase numbers especially in young groups. Many say that social media has completely shaped their political opinions, “Overall, 29 percent said social media was moderately to extremely influential in their opinions of the candidates and issues.”(rehr) This without a doubt has had an incredible effect on american …show more content…
Before the time of mass-media, there had been many scandals and bad publicity but they never could have reached the public scale of scandals now. Research has found that “Seventeen months before the election, the times is already in a full-court press on campaign coverage.”(sullivan). This means that the media is watching our candidates very closely even months before the election. This never could have occurred before the massive media boost in the
America has explored the field of technology and media, encountered new information and perspective, and exchanged information between the people of america and their presidential candidates in the american electoral system. Mass-media has completely changed the manor of American elections and revealed new ways to improve our voting system. We have encountered many new ways to spread information about elections and campaigns through media. We use mass-media to exchange information between presidential candidates and voters.. This has improved the way that we vote and allowed us more insight as to who we are voting for. Campaigns now have incredible reach with their viewers. …show more content…
People use social media to share positive and negative opinions about different candidates and their political beliefs. This brings huge change to the election as a whole because of the massive exchange of information. So many different people with vastly different opinions are able to gain a large following and share their ideas with the world. This can have a great effect on voters and spread new information all over america. It can also get new voters involved with politics, and increase numbers especially in young groups. Many say that social media has completely shaped their political opinions, “Overall, 29 percent said social media was moderately to extremely influential in their opinions of the candidates and issues.”(rehr) This without a doubt has had an incredible effect on american …show more content…
Before the time of mass-media, there had been many scandals and bad publicity but they never could have reached the public scale of scandals now. Research has found that “Seventeen months before the election, the times is already in a full-court press on campaign coverage.”(sullivan). This means that the media is watching our candidates very closely even months before the election. This never could have occurred before the massive media boost in the