Election Reflection:The media plays a large role in determining the outcome of an election.

                   For the past two weeks in our humanities class, we have been focusing on current events, mainly the election. We have been keeping tabs on the progress of the election and gathering information about all the parties. As projects around the election, we were divided into groups to create a mock debate, but also election videos for each party. So creating media advertisements for each party. These projects made me realize how big of an impact the media truly has on these elections. It's an even bigger impact then I had first thought.This is why I have chosen to share my opinion on why the media plays a large roll in the election. 

We turn to social media for everything, weather, upcoming events, current events, politics, even just to find out who won the last hockey game. The fact is that social media plays a very big part of our lives, and its role in politics is, in my opinion, almost as important as the information given by the parties running. If one doesn't have the time to watch an entire debate, then all they have to do, is watch a clip of the morning/evening news,  or grab the paper on their way to work. The majority  of people won't bother to watch an entire election or if they do then they most won't pay enough attention to fully understand the opinions and main points of those running. The brief and to the point reviews and opinions given by social media are the main source of information during political debates and elections.

Social media has been more efficient to promote the main points of parties running then the   extremely long taped live debates, that are also confusing to most. The role played by social media is so huge as it can completely change a voters opinion of a party from positive to negative. From the infomercials to the personal opinions of news presenters each point and opinion slowly changes a persons mind of who to vote for.  As people rely on opinions of others to add to their own, of who to vote for, social media can alter what they first may have believed to be a decision set in stone. All the positive and negative feedback viewers hear about the parties can change what they believe, in fact they can relate these opinions more seeing as they are done by people who are voting themselves. 

Although the parties running are the ones to establish the points and issues they stand for, social media moulds this into an understandable concept for viewers. They are the ones to establish what was worth listening to from the parties according to what they believe the viewers need to know most. It's the news or the paper that decides what the public should be most focused on during the elections from what they decide to publish, and because of that, they play a huge role in the decisions the public makes in the elections.  Depending on the facts put out by the media, it creates the conclusion the public will come to about who they wish to vote for.

In conclusion, social media can make a huge impact on elections not only because they have the public tuning in and listening to what they say but also because what they say creates a base for the thoughts the voters will have about parties. The information they put out is what morphs the opinions of (in our case) the British Colombians and inspires people who to vote for and for what reasons. They have the power to try and control the views of everyone watching. Branching off of that they have to watch what they say with the huge role that they play in not only the elections, but also our everyday lives.