New media has had a
profound effect on three of the most essential categories of society in the
twenty-first century: economics, politics, and the exchange of ideas. Political campaigns began using the Web to
provide information and use them as a constant pitch for money. Campaigns
experienced predictable challenges with the use of a new technology and a
fast-growing customer base. The presidential campaign is becoming just another
social-media stream, its swift and shallow current intertwining with all the
other streams that flow through people’s devices.
I agree with how you feel with social medias influence on politics. It can almost be brainwashing with the constatnt things people twist and turn about politics and campaigns on social media. In can give certain people the wrong ideas and even information. It is important for candidates to keep up with social media, followers turn into voters.
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