The media has become a sweeping factor in not only how politics function, but also in the results of it. In today's society news and media is everywhere, whether it be newscasts and social medias, or websites and journalist articles. Political media is an expanding factor simply because the public has become lazy. Rather than reading books, longer articles, and watching long debates the people would rather read a short paragraph or watch a three minute news clip. A majority of the people of the United States yearn for news to be given to them in a way that requires minimal effort, causing media politics to thrive.
The television news is supposed to inform the people of the United States daily, bringing noteworthy information to the citizens, but often times it only shares exciting and grasping stories. Once a television news station discusses a topic they immediately move on, not referring to it again. Currently, in regards to Politics the news is solely mentioning results and minor things that are of little importance. Issues and political information that remains remarkably important are no longer or hardly mentioned. The information and stands that candidates have need to be shown more than one time and then discarded. Showing these stands and beliefs multiple times would make it easier for people who choose to get their information from newscasts, helping them decide who they truly relate to most, as well as with what the politicians agree and disagree with. Another substantial aspect, along with newcasts media is what stories are chosen to be aired to the public. When one story about a certain candidate is more intriguing than others they are talked about immensely, leaving the other candidate in the shadows and not mentioned at all.
Journalism is another method of media that affects politics considerably. Journalists commonly write stories in attempts to make the front page, juicy, sizable stories that are aimed to grab the greatest groups of peoples attention. If journalists wrote only about politicians stands, views, and plans then many people would simply not pay attention. To a large number of people within the United States, they would skip it and turn the page. Another issue with news papers is that journalists often times only focus on the black and white areas, for example areas that are understood and clear to everyone, rather than gray areas that many people find confusing and possibly do not even understand. Rather than clearing up what people are confused about they share simple facts that many people already know.
A positive portion of media however, is the Presidential Candidates use of websites (although in some cases they manage to make it a negative one). Each Candidate has a website in which their issues, positions, events, and news are clearly shown and accessible. But how many people take the time go online and read about the candidates views when they have facebook, twitter, and other social medias begging for their attention? An intriguing idea for the website side of politics would be including a feature where all candidates are found on a single website, where valuable information is listed, and certain issues could be exhibited side by side to comprehend the contrasting views.
Through the use of media in regards to politics it is challenging for people to know who truly stands for what, and this can be directly connected to the low number of voter turnouts. Real, unbiased, reliable information is hard to find, and when people vote without knowing proper information, it causes the American voter to be very frightening.
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