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The political media's declining power - 0 views

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      Information comes from a pew report.
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      Article is from 2013.
  • 1. Technology has enabled candidates/campaigns to more effectively end-run the mainstream media. President Obama's campaign team has used everything from his Twitter feed to the images that official White House photographer Pete Souza sends out via Flickr to sell their preferred image of the nation's chief executive to the country. That is an image not filtered through the media in any way, shape or form.
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  •  new Pew report on
  • March 19, 2013 at 6:30 am
  • By Chris Cillizza and Sean Sulliva
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      This demonstrates a change is what media our political system is depending upon.
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      Purpose of the article is to inform readers on the changing relation of dependence of politics on the media.
  • Estimates for newspaper newsroom cutbacks in 2012 put the industry down 30 percent since its peak in 2000 and below 40,000 full-time professional employees for the first time since 1978," according to the Pew report. With fewer reporters and more to cover -- thanks to the endless churn of social media, cable television and so on and so forth -- the tendency to do a sort of paint-by-numbers reporting takes over.
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      Information from the report are utlized in the article, along with graphics.
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How Social Media Strategy Influences Political Campaigns | Sprout Social - 0 views

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      Journalist whose work has appearer in numerous well known publications
  • September 5, 2013
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      From 2013
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  • Social media is playing an increasingly important role in the way campaigns are run and how elected officials govern. It allows candidates
  • Amina is a freelance journalist in Chicago. Her work has previously appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Grid and Popular Science, among others.
  • and officeholders to not only communicate more effectively to a larger audience, but it creates a two-way street for constituents to respond and interact with leaders,”
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      Interviews with politicians who are aware of the changing political conditions.
  • If there is anything recent elections have proven, it’s that reaching out to voters online is not only important, it’s essential. The first notable use of social media to rally the voting community was during the 2008 Presidential election, when the Obama campaign took to the web to draw out the young vote. According to research by the Pew Foundation, 83 percent of 18-24 year-olds had social networking accounts in 2008, and two-thirds of those used those sites for political activity at that time.
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      Articles is on how social media is playing an increasing role in elections.
  • Though social media has certainly changed the face of political campaigns, it has not replaced other traditional forms of communication. “It’s additive,” says Greenberg. What she means is that having a social media campaign does not mean politicians can forego television and radio commercials. Greenberg also emphasizes that in-person rallies and town halls are an essential component of campaigns and that these venues won’t go away just because people spend more time online.
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      Is relevant as it connects to role of social media with more traditional forms of communication used in politics.
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The Influence of the Media in Politics, Campaigns and Elections - Yahoo Voices - voices... - 1 views

  • Begala, Paul and Carville, James. Take It Back. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006 Compaine, Benjamin. "Global Media." Foreign Policy, No. 133. (Nov. - Dec. 2002): pp 20-22, 24, 26, 28
  • While many are afraid that a biased media will shape people's views during elections, the media is more effective
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      Political dependence on the media as they can shape or determine the issues.
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  • The Influence and Relationship of the Media in Politics, Campaigns and Elections - In an age of timeliness and demand for information
  • But while the public demands information from the media, there is also an underlying cynicism in the American culture against the media and politicians for negative campaign coverage and a perceived media bias.
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      The opinion piece is on the relationship between our political system and the media.
  • Nixon on the other hand, did not have such a good relationship with the media and did not understand the importance of mass coverage. Just before Election Day, Kennedy visited northeastern states with large electoral votes and more importantly, major media outlets where he would be seen by a large audience. Nixon on the other hand, wanted to fulfill his promise of going to every state and went to Alaska. Wha
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      Even though this election was over 60 years ago, this still relevant as politicians who can use the media to their advantage often have the advantage.
  • Nov 14, 2007
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    Discusses the influence of media on our political system. Our political system relies upon media to disseminate information, and the role of media bias.
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