Politics and social networking sites was an interesting topic
to write about for this blog. I never put any thought into this topic before
now and initially I thought that having politics all over social networks is
not a good idea. People can easily make a joke out of it when it is on social
networks. Politics is a serious topic and it should be taken that way and not
made a joke on some social network. People are on these sites for entertainment
and communication not to see what is going on with the presidential debate. I understand
that only a small portion of politics is on these sites, so everything is not
aired out for people to play with.
After reading
the article and looking through my twitter timeline I’ve seen that having
politics on social networks is not completely bad. This is just another
approach to get more people to pay attention to what is going on in the world. Seeing
the percentage of people that use social networks to see what is going on with
politics showed me how much of a role social networks play in the lives of some
people. Looking at twitter I see how a lot of people start to make post about
the presidential election and politics that I have never heard talk about the
topic. It’s frustrating that it takes Facebook and twitter to get the attention
of people about some things that are going on in the world. If this is what it
takes to get people to acknowledge politics then that’s what needs to be done. People
need to be educated about politics and social networks are a way to get more
people to pay attention. I am still not completely sold on putting politics on
social networks, but like everything else that is but on these social networks
people really need to monitor what types of things am being put up.
More and more people are using their social media site as a means to discuss politics. Is it such a bad thing?? Not necessarily, it depends on that individual persons views. Maybe "John Doe" does not really get involved with politics so he might have a different opinion than "Sally" who is really integrated int politics. It really just depends on the person. I do think politics is fine on social media sites as long as the subject does not consume it all.
ReplyDeleteI do agree with the idea that social media is a way to reach out to people and get the general population talking about something. And no, politics having a somewhat large presence in the social media world is not a bad thing at all. But it is true that it needs to be more closely monitored. I've mentioned it before, people have a tendency to lash out when others don't agree with them. And it can get pretty nasty on facebook sometimes. That's what needs to be monitored. Well, maybe not even monitored, people just need to use common courtesy and understand that people have different views but it doesn't make them any less of a person.
ReplyDeleteI agree that politics in social media needs to be monitored more than it is now. Some people take things to a way far out there extreme and then people get into fights and friendships are ruined. Some of the things people put on facebook about the other candidate or even about someone else's views are really harsh. Like Libby said above, thats a really big thing that needs to be monitored. The amount of nasty statements put on facebook, twitter, or even over text is amazing.
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