Social Media's Impact On Politics

The internet is prone to abuse and its use by young people needs to be limited. The internet since invented has changed in many ways. The internet can be a user’s worst enemy keeping them from the real world. They no longer see what is happening around them. People no longer use it as before. They spend hours on the internet that it is taking up their lives. The internet has made an impact on social interaction, education and politics.

Social interaction between young people has changed due to the internet. It has become difficult for young people to interact with one another. They are constantly talking on social media or simply just always communication by texting each other. Know a day people do not even have a face to face conversation.

Many young people like to post positive and negative things about their favorite president. They advertise them making others want to change their vote. Since social media is becoming a big part of people’s lives some of them are using it to their advantage to impact politics. They are using it or could have used it to ruin politicians’ reputations in the past. For example, Bill Clinton, a former president, would have not been elected because of all the rumors there was about him if social media was around when he ran for president (Jeffers). It would have ruined his reputation and social media would have played a big role in politics like it did in the past 2012 elections. Jeffers explained how social media played an important role on the elections with 31 million tweets about the elections (Jeffers). These tweets impacted politics because most likely people were influenced by them. Many might have changed their vote because of what others posted on their social media page. Not only have others used social media to ruin reputations and influence others, but candidates have also used social media to their own advantage. “… They all [candidates] greatly exploited social media to establish communication networks and move toward their objectives” (Suomen). Candidates can also use social media to get what they want by overusing it to post whatever they want. They can post things on social media networks; it can be propaganda or a simple tweet that can help them get a step closer to where they want to get in their political career. Social Media can be used for anything whether it is for people’s advantage or not. the It will still make an impact in lives of people, on education, social interaction and even