POL 101 CSUGC Impact of Social Media on Political Participation Discussion

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Read the articles by Gaumont, Panahi, and Chavalarias (2018 (Links to an external site.)), Keating and Ellis (2017), (Links to an external site.) and Kiss, Rodríguez-Lara, and Rosa-García (2017), (Links to an external site.) which are required reading for this week. What impact does social media have on political participation? What are the pros and cons of social media as it pertains to politics? What is the role of social media in your own political education and participati

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Social Media and Politics
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Social media and politics
Impact of Social Media on Political Participation
Social media has a huge impact when it comes to political participation. For instance,
during the Arab Spring, social media was used to mobilize people to rebel against the ruling
regimes (Brown, Guskin, & Mitchell, 2012). In the contemporary world, many political meetings
are usually planned using social media. This method is cheap and has the potential to reach most
of the targeted audience. An announcement about a political event is shared widely among
interested parties, thus, ensuring that the attendance will be high.
Advancement in technology means that majority of the population can access social
media. Mainstream media is losing popularity by the day. Therefore, various stakeholders in the
political field are shifting their attention to socia...


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