Social Media's Effect On Candidates

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

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

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.

As the US election approaches, more and more people are paying attention to politics and social issues. Some Americans are using Facebook or Instagram to appeal to people to support one of the political parties or candidates. Not only Americans, but also people all around the

From the Huffington Post in the article “The Game Changer: Social Media and the 2016 Presidential Election” author R. Kay Green (2015) discusses strategies the candidates are using in order to win over the minority vote, which is to connect the millennial generation with social media. Specifically, social media has been shown to improve voting patterns because the younger generation can see and read about the election through social media. For instance, the subject matter first appeared in the 2008 elections as Barack Obama was the first candidate to use social media to his advantage, with this strategy the candidate was able to gain more voters. Quickly, Obama’s campaign tactic is obviously seen throughout the 2016 election with majority of the candidates now appearing on more than one technology platform. Throughout the article R. Kay Green uses ethos, pathos, and logos to support and express the impact that social media has had on the 2016 presidential elections.

The introduction of media has significantly impacted the way candidates campaign during the United States presidential debate cycles. While mainstream media outlets (i.e. televised newscasts, radio broadcasts) have played an important role in providing live coverage of events in which candidates spoke about their platforms, the purpose of the media was completely altered with the introduction of social media, specifically Twitter. While journalism was meant to be an unbiased practice, Twitter and other social media sites have taken on the role of a biased news source, forever changing presidential elections in the process.

In “Presidential Campaigning and Social Media”, John Hendricks and Dan Schill conduct a research and show percentages of how many people from each political party rely on social media during elections. Their research showed that 48 percent of democrats and 34 percent of republicans think that keeping up with political news through the use of social media is very important (Hendricks). People think that it is important because they cannot only express their own opinions through social media sites, but they can also look at other people’s opinions and compare the two. Although this can be a reliable source to use during elections, this has become an issue recently, especially in today’s election with a figure as big as Donald Trump in the running. Many people only know Donald Trump from his social status instead of his political standings; therefor many people that support him are doing so for the wrong reasons. People are voting for him not because of his political views, but instead because of his social

When politicians employ social media to expand their ideas to a wider audience, it allows more people to become involved in politics. Unfortunately, this expansion of politics is not really to our country’ advantage. The 2008 elections sparked the start to a new era of politics; one where social media became a major source of

A political issue that has greatly affected politics as well as the system of electing a president is the media. The media is a very important topic when discussing politics for a variety of reasons. The media includes television, radio, internet and social media sites such as Instagram and twitter. All of these forms of media are very influential and they reach a wide variety of the population. The amount of people that can be informed or influenced by these different forms of media is enormous. Because the media is easily accessible and highly influential it can be both beneficial and detrimental. This is important for many public figures, but it is also very important in regards to politics. Information that is broadcasted through the many different forms of media can cause a lot of issues when dealing with politics as well as many other areas. This essay defends the thesis that there are a plethora of reasons the media is a political issue that has increased in the last fifty years the three primary reasons are the amount of people that can be influenced, the type of information that can be broadcasted and lastly the effects media can have on a political campaign or major political issue.

Politics is one area where social media can change the entire country. When social media was introduced in a political candidate, it turned the voting system into a game, as shown by the article Social Media and Politics “As easy as it is for politicians to reach out to voters on sites like Facebook, it is even easier for these online supporters to abandon politicians when the campaign ends”(Social Media and Politics). By this, the author is stating that people who are influenced to vote by social media are likely to stop their support of the candidate after they win. This means that voters no longer care about the long term effect of a vote, after they vote they lose interest.

“Social media 's influence in this presidential election is stronger than it has ever been” (Lang par.4). It is undeniable that this 2016 election has been greatly impacted by the media. Whether it be social media or the more traditional forms of media, the impact is colossal. Many would say that this is great, because politics are evolving and appealing to younger and younger people. A tremendous amount of people believe that the surprising and quite impressive success of Donald Trump and his whole campaign was credited to his clever way of using the free resources, like Twitter, that were at his disposal. I firmly believe that actions of the media have hurt not only this particular race, but politics as a whole; it will continue to happen as politics evolve. The negative effects of the media in politics outweighs anything good that has ever come from the media.

In this country, we take great pride in our presidential elections. In the months leading up to November during an election year, it seems like the majority of the news cycle is made up of political content. Millions of dollars are spent, candidates can spent over a year campaigning, and voters are bombarded by constant attempts to be rallied or won over. For many, myself included, the campaigning process can be long, and tedious, but it has become a necessary part of our electoral process. In order for a candidate to run a successful campaign, they have to be able to reach as much of the population as they can. Today, that’s not particularly difficult with the availability of social media. In the early 20th century, available technology was

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 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.

Since the 2000’s, the Presidential campaign process and candidates have progressively increased with the power of Internet for political purposes like, interacting with the public, fundraising, gathering supporters, gathering data on voters, and reaching adolescence. The evolution of social media in the 2000’s created a locomotion, causing the candidates to connect with the voters via the Internet.