Negative Impacts Of Social Media And The Presidential Election

Social Media And The Presidential Election In the most recent election, social media has played a pivotal part, whether it is positive or negative impacts. Social media is the equivalent to a town green. It is a place when people can interact just that instead of interacting in person in a common area, the users interact online through a screen. Social media is a great form of communication, but can easily be used to create conflicts. First off, social media has caused disagreements because of conflicting ideologies. Those disagreements lead to heated debates that no one wants to see on their news feed. Another reason being that users on social media often jump to conclusions and do not do research beforehand. Lack of communication, specifically

Social media is everywhere in today’s world. Computer-mediated communication, more commonly known as social media, is human interaction using digital technology (Beauchamp and Baran 260). Users can easily share information with others in a matter of seconds. Many positives can be associated with social media. For example, friends who live far from one another can quickly and easily connect with each other. One can stay up to date with the news, as long as the source is creditable. There are other positives, but this essay will primarily be focusing on the negatives of social media, more specifically, social media and the presidential

Opinions are posted and arguments are started. This is one of the problems with the Presidential Election of 2016. It is dangerous to express opinions on social media, especially when it comes to something so popular like the presidential election. This is because there are a wide variety of problems that could erupt. Chances are not everyone agrees with your opinion so there will be disagreement. All it takes is for one person to reply to your post and the problem begins. Even the candidates themselves, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, bickered and argued over social media, primarily on Twitter. They were constantly tweeting at each other and conflicts emerged. More than just a handful of people saw these tweets as well. “A January Pew Research Center survey found that 44 percent of U.S. adults reported having learned about the 2016 presidential election from social media” (Fleming 4). This goes to show how prevalent social media was for the election. There are also controversial posts on social media, which is a post that results in disagreement among the public. Controversial post caused uproar and arguments across many social media platforms took place. People start to argue because they have different views than others and a whole slew of conflicts occur. That means the people who have been in arguments or have strong opinions about