For my last blog post of the semester, I will be focusing on one of the biggest phenomenons in Mass Media and Politics. Social media has taken the political world by storm and can be a world full of bias. People are now allowed to give their political opinion, even if they do not have any political background or knowledge. Social media has allowed news to spread faster than ever before and can allow for unnecessary bias to spread. For example, an article about the coronavirus can be twisted and changed so that it does not give correct information. Sometimes people will take articles that state the current COVID-19 has side effects and tweet out saying that it has side effects such as incurable diseases, tricking people into believing misinformation due to their dissaproval of the vaccine. It is insane that a small swipe of the finger can spread so much information through a biased lens. Many are turned away from using social media as a news source yet many people still do. I believe bias has only been able to grow stronger due to the growth of social media. A great example is Donald Trump’s reign on twitter. He spread bias against those in opposition to him. Whether people were supporters or not, they spread Trump’s tweet full of bias to where it could reach others with the same views as him. This can grow biases on politics and politicians. Social media has become a construct that helps to build biases and misinformation. I wonder how the political world will continue to see these biases as social media continues to grow. Thank you for a great semester!
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