Imagine this; a world with no televisions, no radios, and no social media accounts. Some may say it would be great, but some may hate it. Media -social or not- has taken over everyday life for many Americans. This leads to the idea that people believe what they hear or see on media. Thus, bringing up the point that the media played a huge role in the depiction of the 2016 presidential candidates. Donald Trump had violent protests against him due to angry people, all caused by the negative depiction of him through social media apps. The use of social media was a huge turning point in today’s society because before the use of social media, campaigning was done by T.V ads, and planned out speeches. A huge reason this matters is because so many
…show more content…
Throughout this election the use of technology was very strong. Each candidate had their own twitter accounts, run by them and their campaigning staff. Samuel Loewner talks about how researchers for social media have said that it was time for social media to be used by the government (26). The government did just this, but it had negative effects. While most politicians’ accounts are mainly used by their aides, Donald Trump was eager to always take control of his. According to Emily Schulthesis, CBS News, “Twitter is where Trump has often gone to vent his frustrations throughout the 2016 campaign -- at other candidates, at the media, or at whatever situation is on his mind.” As it says, Trump used his account against other people, that person being his opposing candidate, Hillary Clinton. Schulthesis also says that Trump even lost access to his twitter account by his staff because he was tweeting outrageous things at 3 a.m. Everything that these candidates posted was uploaded within seconds, which means that thousands of people see it within one minute. Some things on social media were posted due to a rash decision, but there was no use to taking it down right after it’s posted because so many people would have already seen it. Thus, showing the flaws of these presidential candidates and the rash decisions they could make. Whether the posts by each candidate were intentional or not, according to Paul Waldman, an author of a journal, “The televised version creates a persona out of the person by amping it up to an extreme” (92). This just goes to show how the media can depict a candidate in whatever way they choose to do, just by tampering with the video that they share. Mike Isaac and Sydney Ember are both writers for the New York Times, and they say that, “Over the presidential campaign, it was criticized as a conduit for anti-Semitic memes, rampant
Throughout this election the use of technology was very strong. Each candidate had their own twitter accounts, run by them and their campaigning staff. Samuel Loewner talks about how researchers for social media have said that it was time for social media to be used by the government (26). The government did just this, but it had negative effects. While most politicians’ accounts are mainly used by their aides, Donald Trump was eager to always take control of his. According to Emily Schulthesis, CBS News, “Twitter is where Trump has often gone to vent his frustrations throughout the 2016 campaign -- at other candidates, at the media, or at whatever situation is on his mind.” As it says, Trump used his account against other people, that person being his opposing candidate, Hillary Clinton. Schulthesis also says that Trump even lost access to his twitter account by his staff because he was tweeting outrageous things at 3 a.m. Everything that these candidates posted was uploaded within seconds, which means that thousands of people see it within one minute. Some things on social media were posted due to a rash decision, but there was no use to taking it down right after it’s posted because so many people would have already seen it. Thus, showing the flaws of these presidential candidates and the rash decisions they could make. Whether the posts by each candidate were intentional or not, according to Paul Waldman, an author of a journal, “The televised version creates a persona out of the person by amping it up to an extreme” (92). This just goes to show how the media can depict a candidate in whatever way they choose to do, just by tampering with the video that they share. Mike Isaac and Sydney Ember are both writers for the New York Times, and they say that, “Over the presidential campaign, it was criticized as a conduit for anti-Semitic memes, rampant