Today, social media influences politics. The governments of Republicans and Democratic Party have accounts on various social media, and they convey their news through them. As a result, voters can find them and participate in discussion to argue their thoughts and opinions. Here is some examples.
In the case of North Korea, for instance, the government could control the citizens by blocking social media, so that the nation could keep their politics.
On the other hand, in the middle of 20 century, there was another example. Media such as movies and film gave people messages which were authors' thoughts about politics although they were not based on the online network, and they were close to one-sided messages. For example, Russian films were about Soviet policies, and Italian movies were used to convey their political ideology.
People can be exposed by enormous influences of social media in that they can be watching what the governments do politically because today's technologies of social media has been more developed than the past. In addition to, they are double-way interactions or bilateral websites unlike the past ones.
The current social media shows not only the government's situations, but also voters' position/conditions. For example, broadcasters can collect information about pre-investigation and the exit poll. According to the exit poll, it sometimes influences people. In other words, proper using of social media could be a good strategy to affect voters' minds like Barak Obama's twitter which took a portion of the 2008 presidential election.
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