In the past media was stuck to a minimal format and stuck to the facts and the actual truth, with the spread of the internet media has grown larger and larger adding the factor of media bias and fake news. Now with the upcoming election going on the internet and news is focused on the candidates running and while it’s ethical for the people to know, there may also be fake news and misinformation about different candidates that may turn someone to a different political view. But while the election is in full swing, media bias in the news is affecting people’s opinions on political parties. Media bias is becoming more and more common, with common biases being slant, opinion as facts, and mudslinging. Social media is one of the biggest consumers …show more content…
To put this in perspective, about 23% of social media users and 17% of adults believe they have changed their views on political issues (Perrin), and that was just in 2020; imagine how much that number has been raised with the spread of social media in the United States. Articles use terms to convey different political candidates and ideas like conveying presidential candidate Joe Biden as having a “half brain dead aura” (Vespa). By reading this the consumer of the article is given the information that the candidate is not reliable, in doing so the news source is tarnishing the candidates reputation. When these unreliable news sources publish articles and or ads on different views such as immigration, equality and views on candidates, it is giving the consumer an unfair representation on the issue (Perrin). Even though people want the complete news of both sides of the presidential election, that is unfortunately not what they are getting, instead they see something online only showing one side that can change their view without seeing the other side. The democratic lean shows that 19 people in 2018 changed to 25 people in 2020 just from social media, while a republican lean has changed from 9 people in 2018 to 21 in 2020 also just from social media (Perrin). Nevertheless, given these facts, media bias is becoming more prominent and influential in the 2024
In the US, election years have always been heavily charged with supporters of either party throwing blatant insults and opinionated information about the candidates at bewildered voters, especially those in battleground states. During this time, it is crucial for voters to be able to obtain unbiased information to make a vote they support. Recently, as the internet and social media are used more to spread news, that may have become more difficult. Media bias is any form of media used to get information
Throughout the years, news medias from all sources have been reporting on recent events, and informing it to the public via television, social media, or even newspaper. One event has change most of the public opinion on news media, and that event was the 2016 U.S. Presidential election featuring Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton. Almost all news media were keeping track of the polls and reporting it to the public. However, some news media were bias towards one of the president nominee more than the
This years election may be one of the most important in America's electoral history. Candidates spend up to ten percent of their campaign money on social media which will be reaching out to the seventy-eight percent of Americans that use social media. Social media is the sharing of ideas between people on different websites and platforms. This is one of the top ways for candidates to influence people to vote for them by spreading the ideas of their campaign. Although candidates try to spread their
The media in the U.S. presidential election is supposed to accurately portray what is going on without distorting or editing it. However, with the media the way it is today, this is usually not the case. While there are people who believe the media is good at showing the 2016 election, there are others who do not. The advantages of media are it is easily accessible, it is cheaper to get information everywhere, and it shows more of the candidate’s lives than before. The disadvantages of media are
Living in the Digital Era the media is more prevalent in our daily lives than it has ever been before. This rise in new media can bring positive and negative effects. The internet manages to disperse information faster than ever before. The media is used as a campaign platform and serves as a way to increase interaction between voters and candidates. However, because the United States is polarized in political views there are always going to be two sides or more to every story. This lack of unbiased
technology from the late 1950s had led the beginning of the information era of human being. There is no doubt that the media technology, including print media, broadcast media and digital media, has reached a mass communication and influence as the development of digital computing and communication technology. As acting the basic function of providing news and information, mass media also has virtual influence on the societies. However, scholars have different opinions and arguments regarding to the
The headlines of written media are not necessarily written to be informative, but rather to seek the attention of the reader. Such headlines are often times misleading and distracting from the valid information within the article. For example, headlines from Newsweek and Time gave off the impression that the 1988 election was more of an athletic competition than it was a true presidential election they were striving to win. Several headlines of these two magazines read; HIGH STAKES IN NEW ORLEANS
news media and social media affect and influence the political world. The political arena can now be easily accessed through every citizen’s smartphone screens and tablet screens. For instance, Barack Obama became the country’s most Instagrammer-in-Chief (Carr). Obama utilized social media to promote his climate agenda while on his trip to Alaska. He would snap pictures of the landscape and share the pictures on his social media accounts which earned him more than thousands of likes. The media and
Bias in the media People all around the country watch the news everyday, the same stories the same places day after day. People are oblivious to how media bias is used in every kind of media everywhere; in the newspaper, magazines , and television. Media bias has existed since early media and will exist until it is known about and stopped. People are victims of media bias on an everyday basis without knowing so. Every time they watch the news they fall victim to bias by story selection and many
our brains fall victim to a wide range of biases that cause our predictions of the future to be inaccurate. Due to these mental errors it is remarkably difficult to predict what will actually happen and what will make us happy. In the 2016 Presidential Election for the United States of America, majority of Americans thought it was merely impossible for candidate, Donald J. Trump, to win the presidency against his opponent Hillary Clinton. His win of the presidency was not expected by many, leaving
Statement of Intention (160 WORDS) This essay will try to expose the media bias seen between the liberal and conservative side during the United States 2016 Elections, as well as show how language and diction is used to create a tone in an article that is used to portray an image of the two candidates to the readers. I will then analyze how the subtle use of language and diction in articles affected the campaign. The information featured on this essay was found through searching the internet as well
Ways New Media Are Changing Politics." 4 Feburary 2010. U.S. News. 14 October 2015 In this article Mary Kate Cary opens up with the supreme court decision to not restrict the use of corporate funds in political advertising so that she can make her point that big money ads are not the most effective way for candidates to reach American constituents. She argues that social media is a new way for politicians to connect with citizens. Her five claim are that Americans can now, choose the media they wish
Our society is in the age of relying on social media and other means of news broadcasting for opinions, information, and scandals. Today, there seems to be a competition of sorts between news sources and other social media sources, including which one can report the most biased news, as well as, who can gain the most viewers and popularity through that bias. As a college student, this makes me ask myself a few questions: what is actually going on in our country? What are the true, unbiased facts
of American politics because of the vast social media coverage. But what effect does social media have on American politics? One side argues that social media has opened up a vast world of information to better educate political parties and voters. Those on the other hand argue that the same vastness of information dilutes true political issues and can misinform potentially informed voters. The argument I present today suggests that the usage of social media in American politics today has created a
by the media to sway or influence the opinion of the reader. This influence is not always deliberately used, but it is used nonetheless. This influence can affect a number of things, including politics. This influence on politics makes the rhetoric a useful yet possibly dangerous tool. The connotations in the words used by the media in regards to politics can greatly influence potential voters. This rhetoric influences the way that ordinary citizens see the candidates and the election system