How Social Media Is Ruining Politics

Media has always been playing a great role in political campaign. Many believe that one of the most important reason that Barack Obama won in the 2008 presidential election because he was able to capitalize on the social media and influenced people more than other candidate. He was able to reach out to people quicker and easily because of the fastest growing social media. Same thing is true for this year’s presidential campaign so far. Whoever can make the most out of social media is more likely to win the election.
Diana Mutz in her article "The Great Divide: Campaign Media in the American Mind" wrote about the election campaign and how it affects the people. She emphasizes on the role that media plays on the election. She used many studies

He argued that, the candidates that are able to use the social media perfectly, getting more attention and supports. When talking about the power of social media, he mentioned that social media is able to allow candidates to gain popularity and get the nomination even though they may not be well qualified for the presidential job. He pointed out, “… the fiery populist now seems more desirable, more worthy of attention, than the cool wonk.” This is true because a person like Donald Trump is now one of the leading GOP candidates because of his vicious remarks towards the illegal immigrants, Muslims, ISIS and his fellow candidates. While many other republican and democratic candidates with higher working experience with the government may not be well popular because of their failure to exploit the benefits of

He used the popular social media platform to inspire people to contribute and play a greater role in our presidential election. He uses the analogy of fictitious “Lester election” to persuade public to contribute in the funding for the presidential election. So that the candidate work for the people who helped him win. He didn’t want a candidate to be dependent on the tiniest part of the citizen because that doesn’t make a republic “… that only dependent upon the people alone.” We saw that people can actually make it happen, because Bernie Sander’s campaign funding mostly came from small donations on average of $27 from his supporters. Larry showed us social media can greatly impact election