Politics and SNS
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Social networking sites (SNS), such as Facebook and Twitter, have the highest rate of usage in the United States, and are being utilized to access and post information about politics (Bode, 2016). SNS are either replacing or being used in conjunction with older media technologies, such as the radio or television, and seem to be the way that many prefer to gain access to political information (Vaccari, Chadwick, & O'Loughlin, 2015). When users utilize two or more different technologies, engagement in the political sphere increases with the use of mobile devices, which allow the user to join the conversation within the political sphere(Vaccari, Chadwick, & O'Loughlin, 2015)
The internet offers extensive information and data sets derived accessing, usage, and posting, which researchers can utilize to assess psychological characteristic, socioeconomic and political membership, and emotions (Volkova & Bachrach, 2015; Sylwester & Purver, 2015; Bode, 2016) However, with the introduction of the web 2.0, there are some drawbacks to utilizing SNS to gain access to political information, which include filtered ads and suggested link based on your browsing history, and limited or skewed news feeds, which could lead to accessing fake news, Fake News and Social Media (Bode, 2016).
The internet offers extensive information and data sets derived accessing, usage, and posting, which researchers can utilize to assess psychological characteristic, socioeconomic and political membership, and emotions (Volkova & Bachrach, 2015; Sylwester & Purver, 2015; Bode, 2016) However, with the introduction of the web 2.0, there are some drawbacks to utilizing SNS to gain access to political information, which include filtered ads and suggested link based on your browsing history, and limited or skewed news feeds, which could lead to accessing fake news, Fake News and Social Media (Bode, 2016).