Ranjan Maskey Prof.
Sherry Sherafin GOVT-2305-71603 October 30, 2017 Social Media and the USA Presidency Social media has become a very important part of our lifestyle. It is a platform where people can share anything they want: their personal life, social life, beliefs, thoughts, political agendas, etc. social medias like Facebook and Twitter have now become one of the main means of communication for the people around the world. Hence, it is no surprise that the political leaders around the world also use these social media platforms to communicate with their citizens. President Donald Trump is a perfect example of a political leader who uses social media to share his thoughts to the people around the world. In fact, Twitter and Facebook is the first place where people go to get information or news from the president.
During the presidential election of 2017, the president and the vice-president of the United States used these media platform to reach out to the people. His saying “Believe in yourselves. Believe in your future. And believe, once more, in America” (Trump, 1) is very popular. It is also one of the reasons why people knew more about them which helped him to get the votes he needed to win the election. Although it is not a preferred method for a politician, it has become very popular in our society because of which the politicians cannot be separated from social media. In the past, the president and other politicians used television and radios to reach out to
President Obama not only was the first African American to be elected, but was also the first presidential candidate to effectively use social media as a major campaign strategy. In many ways the election of Barack Obama mimicked that of John F. Kennedy, both having changed politics forever. For John F. Kennedy it was the television and for Obama it was the internet. Barack Obama’s strategy of using the internet as a campaigning tool was a key to his victory in the election. He used the internet to organize his supporters. He had many more friends and followers on his Facebook and Twitter than his opponent John McCain did. The social media landscape looks a lot different now. There has been an increasing number of social media tools now than there were
How presidential candidates present themselves in the media can be proven to impact election results dramatically. Political figure using social media did not start to become more common until after the 2008 election because Twitter and Facebook were just recently created, but by looking at data from the past two elections it shows that the news presidential candidates put on their social media can correlate with how people will decide to vote. After researching what topics political candidates post and how they present themselves in the media with election results it can be established that a candidate’s presence in social media can have an impact on how people might vote in an election. “By 2008 candidate websites were standard and campaigns
Today , cyberbullying is an enormous problem all over the world . It should be a mandatory law that Social media sites , such as , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram and many more sites be regularly surveillance for content of bullying , racism , and bigotry , then just moderately monitored by the sites themselves . Bullying , on social media sites consists of negative comments and/or pictures used towards another individual/individuals . For instance , Bullying , has always been an issue but over the years this has certainly changed . Children were often bullied (1)in schools and their home community neighbourhoods . Today , as this is still an issue , it now has increased since internet is used more often in today's technologies , is also used
In the past ten years the way we as a people communicate has changed greatly. No longer is it uncommon for conversations to not be face to face and now more so than ever conversations take place through text. As with any change there will be and is push back to it. The conflict over the consequences of the social media dependent society have now intensified as a result of social media playing ever greater roles in how politics is seen and even conducted. This has been a major societal question since the presidential election of 2008 and the debate has been written about, discussed, and argued by thousands of different politicians,
Identifying that social media was going to help him the most, Obama did many things to ensure he was connecting with voters. Not only with those who supported him completely, but also those who were also seeking for reasons to support him. “For example, on Facebook Obama counted over two million supporters…and 844,927 friends on MySpace (Kaid, 2009, p. 419). However, this was not the only site that he was a part of. Obama used Twitter as well to keep supporters and voters up to date along with creating “a social networking Web site that allowed supporters and potential voters to participate in creating content…[and] helped audience members feel like they produced change…” (Johnson, 2012, p. 58). This type of connection is exactly where the younger new voters were. Some would only be reached in this type of capacity. With the use of Twitter by Obama it allowed him “the freedom to deliver crafted, unfiltered, messages to voters and nonvoters alike. They allowed Obama the ability to shape an image of being a young, modern leader in touch with the future of the nation” (Hendricks & Denton, 2010,
To begin, over time the people of the United States have changed,evolved,and grown with these developments comes a wide variety of technical changes as well. Some for the better, which results in easier living. On the other hand, some changes can be seen as rather odd or even unnecessary. Nonetheless these changes are shaping the country of the United States. From viral videos, such as the als ice bucket challenge where people dump water on their head to raise money, all the way to presidential candidates rewriting their version of what the Unites States should become on social media. The real question is, why is social media impacting how the people of the United States pick their next leader? Social media has helped each candidate in
In spreading his agenda, the president has used a variety of methods of political communication. As President of the United States, President Trump has control has control over the official website and all its publications. During his most recent tip to South Korea, whitehouse.gov published a press release in which both countries wish to “maintain close consultation, coordination, and cooperation on North Korea policy”. President Trump has also employed the use of social media website, Twitter, as a method of political communication. As social media, President Trump would be in the position of easily communicating his agenda directly to the public.
In today’s day and age, social media is popular more than ever. Now, just by clicking the “tweet” button, you can expose yourself and what you put out there for anyone throughout the whole world to see. Twitter, Instagram, etc have taken over the world, with millions and millions of users that range from super young to super old. Personally, I have three different platforms of social media. These include twitter, instagram and snapchat. I am interested to evaluate how I use it versus how I consider myself to be in real life and on a day to day basis. I believe the way that I represent myself on social media has some similarities and differences between my actual self on a day to day basis.
Social media played a vital role in 2008 U.S. President Elections. Using of Social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter, You tube was adapted by the political parties and influenced them to use social media in order to reach people effectively in U.S.
Despite the fact that we’re already in the 21st century, society continues to show signs of progress and development strongly leaning towards the direction of advancement, constantly evolving. This pattern is no different from the world of advertising, as it has also evolved through the years and quite recently an unexpected technological innovation took the world by storm. It made such a tremendous impact that eventually led to the transformation of traditional marketing, and it’s no other than social media that we all learned to love.
ow much do you sincerely love to express your true self and share your experiences globally through pictures with other individuals online? With this social media networking app, you can do just that! Kevin Systrom and Mike Kreiger are the founders of Instagram and launched this app October 06, 2010 ( ). Since 2015 this app has grown to 400 million users, 95 million photos are being uploaded daily and 40 billion are being shared daily, this shows the true potential and value in this social media app ( ). The demographics of the users for this app range from children in their youth and all the way up to the elderly. Instagram is used for self-expression, social interaction, networking, making memories and also exposing the privacy of our youth.
In the writing by Briggs (Young People and Political Participation: Teen Players) she notes that “social media are a critical new space for political discourse and engagement, which political institutions cannot afford to neglect” as the younger audiences use social media, and the people they follow as a guide it seemed vital that modern day politics has to infiltrate social media formats. This can be utilised by politicians and their agenda to widen the scope of their message. In the Praeger Handbook of Political Campaigning in the United States, Benoit investigates how successful an organised strategy using new media to win an election can be for political candidates. He states that “the innovative use of new media contributed to President Barack Obama's presidential campaign win in 2008” (Benoit, 2016). Obama's presidential campaign was one of the first to set the standard for political strategy online. The literature talks about the expansion of the internet and how that has provided a suitable platform for political agendas to grow exponentially. With the focus of the research project highlighting the specific use of social media it is important to reflect on the initial stages of online political campaigning, and to understand how Trump has cultivated this style of political
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.
People begin to connect more and more every day with the power of social media. Whether someone is thousands of miles away or a few blocks from your house there is the possibility of finding them on social media. The question is, with all the connecting possible through social media does it make us more distant to one another? With today’s youth, social media begins to take over one’s life and become their main source of interacting. Social media is possibly one of the best and worst creations in the modern world but the cons definitely triumph over the pros.
The project aim at teenagers, therefore sample group is between 13 to 19. I will set the sample sizes in 50 participants since it is easy to identity and more precision. If a sample sizes increase, it is very hard to estimate and become not accurate. Also, I’m worry about the extremes data can’t make a balance out, so the project prefers small sample sizes. It can take less effort to gain and maintain people, it is easy to produce significant results and comfortable to find a group of people. I will obtain samples from friends or friends’ sister and brother.