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Social medias quick development into an important way to influence society is part of the advancement of information and communication technologies. Interest in social media and its effects on our social interactions. Sometimes referred to as the fourth branch of government in democratic countries the media plays a crucial role during elections and in times of change. When politics and social media collide financial times. Introduction the purpose of this chapter is to provide a basic framework for the analysis of social media, politics and the state. How does social media affect our political decisions. Noor aldeen and john allen hendricks, provides a comprehensive and scholarly analysis of social media.
Books analysing the impact and influence of digital, in particular social media platforms and networks on the world of politics and policy. The mass media has a powerful influence on political reality, as it shapes public opinion and lays the foundations of political beliefs. Pdf social media and political communication a social media. Books analysing the impact and influence of digital, in particular social media platforms and networks on the world of politics and policy score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Pdf social media and its impacts on politics balamurugan j.
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Majority of youth 67% follow politics on various social media like face book. This topicwhich the authors in this collected volume. With social media recently evolving as a platform for social, informational, and political exchange, it has become an influential tool used to effectively target numerous sectors in american society. In practice, social media serves as a catchall phrase for a conglomeration of webbased technologies and services such as blogs, microblogs i.
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