Mass Media And Social Media

Technology has changed our lives in more ways than we can possibly write down. It has changed our lives more than we have even realized. The biggest impact that technology has had on the power of the presidency is the way the information spreads. Social media sites have made politics more accessible for many Americans to voice their own thoughts, whether negative or positive. The internet has had an huge impact on the presidential campaigns as well. The social networking sites have always played a powerful role in politics. The candidates can use social media sites as an advantage in order to speak to their voters by direct message. Social media tools including Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and the television have dramatically changed how political campaigns are run and how Americans react to election offices.

Television has been influential in United States presidential elections since the 1960’s. But just what is this influence, and how has it affected who is elected? Has it made elections fairer and more accessible, or has it moved candidates from pursuing issues to pursuing image? The media only impacts the American Society, especially for the presidential election as it increases the talks in politics and gives the president a higher role to follow. The television race captures more popularity than what a citizen is actually voting for.

Television is a form of communication that can be used to transfer information to the general public, and its full value and effects can be seen at all times, especially during election seasons. To some extent, this medium has helped people make informed decisions on which candidate is suitable to be president. However, this positive influence could distract people from focusing on policy and turn the election into a popularity contest.

The aim of this paper is to look at the relationship between the mass media, specifically television, and presidential elections. This paper will focus on the function of television in presidential elections through three main areas: exit polls, presidential debates, and spots. The focus is on television for three reasons. First, television reaches more voters than any other medium. Second, television attracts the greatest part of presidential campaign budgets. Third, television provides the candidates a good opportunity to contact the people directly. A second main theme of this paper is the role of television in presidential elections in terms of representative democracy in the United States.

Nonetheless, this presidential election remains influential and famous for its opening of a new form of media as it relates to voting and elections. In result of the first televised presidential election, with more to come, it has made an impact on elections after. It has also opened doors for other forms of media to show presidential elections. Today, there are all sorts of ways to get news and information on and about presidential elections. Another major form used is the internet. The internet has seem to be taking over the television. The internet is easily accessible to many due to their lifestyle. You can access it on your phone, laptops, and etc. You can even tune into news channels and talk shows via internet. Television is still a major influence and aspect on elections and voting; it is one media that seen as traditional and very family

The invention of the television has had an impact on all aspects of American's lives. It has affected how we work, interact with others, and our foreign relations. One part of American society that it has especially affected is presidential elections. Television has impacted who is elected and why they were elected. Since the 1960's television has served as a link between the American public and presidential elections that allows the candidate to appear more human and accountable for their actions; consequently this has made television a positive influence on presidential elections. But it has also had a negative affect on elections, making presidential candidates seem like celebrities at times and making it easier to publicize mistakes

Television at first allowed a new era of public communication which sparked its popularity among the nation. “As Frank Stanton, president of the Columbia Broadcasting System, put it: ‘Not even the sky is the limit.’ (Source A).” This quote tells us how television has vastly expanded public communication and that with it we can achieve so much more beyond our limitations before this invention. The main reason television was considered to have a positive effect on presidential elections was due to the fact that

In the following chapter, Trent talks about the change in media and political campaigns. Examples include the Civil War where speeches were a lot shorter or television that provided an intimacy between the people and the candidate. A historical overview of political campaigns that was affected by the media are mentioned. In the 1990s, new technologies like the computerized conversation phone call were introduced. The 1992 election was the first election to use the Internet mostly. By the year 2000, websites could accept donations and provide daily political activities of candidates. For the first time during the midterm election of 2006, the Internet was one of the major sources for any information relating to the campaign. In order to reach

Mass media has experienced many major developments over the past hundred years. As the manner in which media is communicated to the world evolves a definite shift to American culture has occurred in the process. Mass media has undergone numerous changes in the way it is distributed to the general public, going from newspapers, to radio, to television, and now to the World Wide Web. American culture is so ingrained in technology, that distributing mass media in this format seems like a natural step in the evolutionary process of distribution.

There are many forms of media that are influential in the public eye. In the early years, there were only telegraphs and post offices. As time progressed, outlets such as the radio, magazines, newspapers, and TV began to encompass our daily lives. Today, the internet is one of the biggest media influences via smartphones, tablets, and laptops. There are many ways these outlets impact our nation but the one we will focus on is how the election process was covered by the media.

The emergence of the smart phone, and the age of social media has been similarly disruptive in its effect on American political and social life as the television. Like the television, it too has increased social distance, but for decidedly different reasons. The great irony about Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social media is that the claim to bring the world “closer together” when in fact contributing to social isolation. This is because social media, created the concept of personalized news, which allows individuals to choose what information they receive. While at first this seems like a positive, and deserving of celebration, no more tyranny of the television owners, it actually is deeply problematic in that individuals tend to choose to receive all their information from like-minded individuals. As a collective, group tend to isolate themselves into their own echo chambers, because they do not want to be uncomfortable and have their ideas challenged. These polarized silos, occasionally referred to as safe spaces, limit public discourse and are very confining in nature, because people no longer confront others with different perspectives. It is in this modern world, of information bubbles, and confirmation biases understanding for those with different opinions has decreased. Rather than solving this system, thus actually contributes, to the oppression of religious, and racial minorities, as well as the economically disadvantaged because it is precisely this

The world around us is always changing, they may be subtle changes at first and gradually changing over time. If you think about when you were younger or even before; when your parents were, you’ll remember how the first televisions was this big box that showed moving pictures in black and white. In this time of age, you will see how drastically a television is from the first one. We now have flat screen televisions with color! Of course, this does not happen overnight. Television has a lot of influence on a person, it starts from when we are young. When newer forms of technology began to modify the older versions like the arrival of the internet the media professionals called it convergence. (Campbell, Martin, & Fabos, 2016, )There are a few phases in which all the changes happened. The first two era have to do with oral and written communication. Which of course is still in play today.

Media has a large influence on how people live their lives. The different media that developed in the last century provide entertainment, relevant information, and influence what we buy and how we act. Some of the significant developments in the evolution of mass media during the last century include Film, Radio, Television, and the Internet.

The fear of crime is one of the most lasting outcomes of a crime-ridden society. Crime, deviance, delinquency and other social problems have always been a staple of newspaper accounts, television news shows and crime dramas. The majority of the population relies on the news media as the main source of information and the basis on which they form their opinions and voting decisions. Knowledge of these events is secondhand, filtered through the media graphically and textually, thus appearing immediate, shocking, entertaining and informative. In today's society the media has become our firsthand experience for our source of information, opinion, and news about the world. While there is some debate as to how much influence the media actually has, there is some evidence to suggest there is some connection. The controversial topic between mass media and the fear of crime can be explained by the influential aspects of the media, moral panics of crime and the fear of victimization.

This week we learned about the different types of mass media and the formation of them. We were given insight into how much the media has changed over time and how it affects our daily lives. Over the course of history, there has been many types of media that have come about. In the last century, some of the major developments in the evolution of mass media were the newspaper and periodicals, magazines, the radio, television, satellite technology, 24-hour news stations, and one of the biggest of them all, the Internet. With the creation of the Internet also came social media.