Politics Votes

WWW or the World Wide Web. The place to be if you want to complete that research paper due in six hours or wait until 11 am pst for a makeup collection to drop. The internet has evolved since it first opened its browsers. You have yahoo, bing, Firefox, internet explorer, google, and safari. All of these browsing servers do one thing, connect the world together. They house websites for shopping, weather, and especially news, both domestic and international. But with this change comes a shift with a question. Has the internet replaced journalism and media as a whole? The answer, no, but it has changed the way we view journalism and the media. The internet has provided us with more than one way to hear about news and politics. They have given us multitudes of websites and video outlets as well as social media outlets to share information. Everyone has access to news right in their face. You no longer have to wait until sunday mornings to go outside and pick up a newspaper, you can pull up...

Digital News Report researched and compiled an executive summary about current trends in communication and journalism. On page 10, they broke down a summary of key findings from their 2024 research. I will be discussing the first three bullet points. The first bullet point talked about the usage of a particular social media platform, facebook (Newman 2024). Individuals who do not live in Europe or the United States seem to have limited access to this platform. This could be for various reasons such as limited to no internet access, countries have put bans on the platform to stop political campaigns uprisings, people do not have the technology to access these platforms, and/or people are too busy to spend time on social media. This signals “Changing Media, Changing Politics” by showing that people seem to be less reliant on social media to obtain news or simply do not have access due to certain restrictions. Location plays a big part in facebook consumption numbers declining in the last...

When you think of media, you think of social platforms to post pictures, blogs that provide tips on fashion and skincare, and video platforms that provide DIY projects for home renovations or how to workout correctly. When you think about politics, you think of democrats and republicans, laws being enacted and retracted, and late night talk shows. But putting the two together, you get a relationship that evolves every few years. Mass Media is a system that facilitates data and information, which is then shared on small and large outlets that are able to reach the public and generate opinions.Media has come a long way from newspapers and grayscale televisions to multiple news outlets, social media platforms, and full color HD televisions. This new evolution has given politics a broader platform to share with the nation. Politics is the actions of the government and all the people who work for, serve, or challenge it. Politics is able to reach individuals in areas that are not considered...

  In Hollywood, actors and actresses flip the script probably when they cannot remember their lines and improvise instead or when they do not like the script itself they add their own twist to spice it up. In politics, when you flip the script you change the game. President Biden passed the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris. With no hesitation, she took the torch and ran with it like a track star at the olympics. Why has she made such a big wave? She’s making waves because she is someone new. Now she’s been in politics for a long time from California all the way to Washington D.C. She is giving the democratic party hope and a vision with purpose. She sees the people and her campaign team is utilizing her awareness to push for support. Young people spend most of their time on social media. That is where you can reach them. You're not going to reach them with just any title and message, you need the action. Implementing young people on the team is a great first start. They unders...

  Elections within many systems of governments are important. Electing individuals who have c citizens and country’s interest as their main priority is key to winning a high official position and title. The United States is run by a democratic system and following the rules of the constitution, elections are to be fair and true. Every election year, you have individuals running for local and national level positions such as mayors, governors, and even the U.S Presidency. Two parties are constituted, the republican and democratic party. In recent years, the two parties have become more divided, creating a rift when election season comes around. What is strongly making the rift wider is the claims of voter fraud. Since the 2020 election, there have been various claims from the republican party. These claims include, (1) illegitimate ballots submitted by dead people and (2) voting machines conspiracy theories surrounding a late Venezuelan Leader (Miller 1995). Claims such as these ha...

  Liberation is a way people or a group of people express themselves due to what they believe in. Liberation and liberalism are opposite of each other. Day and Night to be exact. Liberalism aims to expand equality amongst all members of society without looking at deeper rooted issues while liberation aims to expand equality to certain members or groups within society that feel ignored, silenced, shunned, and/or overshadowed. Liberalism focuses on everyone but not the needs of everyone. Individuals have different needs and what works for one person or one group of people might not work for others. Liberation focuses on those needs and aims to implement them into society and societal government. In this way liberalism becomes for everyone for everyone’s needs. Yes, rights and policies are inconsistent with liberal principles. Liberal principles overlook struggles while liberation brings those struggles to the forefront. Liberal principles overshadow groups while liberation embraces t...

Immigration is a major issue that divides liberals and conservatives. Conservatives tend to blame lack of strong immigration laws to cause the overflow of immigrants entering the country. They believe in stronger immigration laws and even proposed more security and funding for the U.S borders. Conservatives are trying to put limitations on immigration inorder to deal with the influx of people entering. This article talks about the new deal that was created between the political parties that was turned down due to no agreement about reforming and funding the border and border security. The author describes the views of the conservatives (Republicans) and the liberals (Democrats). The author also mentions conservative’s personal views on the issue. One in particular was upset that a proposition had been made and was rejected. This article reflects conservative viewpoints because conservatives are trying to keep social stability by political means.  In today’s politics, conservatism ...

“It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.” — Soren Kierkegaard Centuries ago, people were influenced by word-by-mouths. Centuries later, people are influenced by technology. In today’s society, technology and social media is how humans receive news and information that helps humans formulate opinions and make decisions. It is an ongoing tug-of-war situation. Humans have developed a new standard of comfort. We deem some traditions and customs of not being socially compliant especially in our decision making in regard to politics. In many democracies, political parties are guided by ideologies and beliefs they view as socially acceptable. Democracy protects what has been deemed acceptable as it focuses on the advancement of humanity. John Stuart Mill and Alexis de Tocqueville had their own observations about social and intellectual effects caused by democracy. In understanding “Why” we must first discover the ...

“If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.” - Thomas Sowell For centuries after the printing press era, the media has been seen as the outlet of truth. From the newspaper to online websites to tv/radio channels. The media has evolved from paper to phones, tablets, and computers. The media is the fourth branch of government (Kersey 2024). This branch caters to an agenda created by the other three branches. They are political campaigns, analysis of legislatures, live coverage of wars and conflicts. They provide the truth and the facts to the viewers, the citizens. The information provided let viewers make their own interpretations and inference. This is true for many democratic societies. The media has freedom of speech which is protected by the constitution. Under authoritarian and dictatorship soci...

In America, your image defines your life. Your image is your brand that you have to sell to the world. In political science, your political party is your image. Individuals represent each party to the fullest by wearing party colors and upholding the party’s core values. American politics consist of two political parties, democratic and republican. Democrats represent the blue donkey and republicans represent the red elephant. These political parties have been at odds for the last decade. There are social issues that divide the two parties. These issues create delays in legislation being created and passed. One pressing issue is immigration. 50% of Americans view immigrants as a problem while the other 50% say immigration is no problem as long as it follows immigration laws and regulations. Research shows that democrats are not in favor of more restrictive policies while Republicans are more likely to push for stricter immigration restrictions and laws (Carmines and Nassar 2021). With...

  This annotated bibliography includes references related to the topics of gun violence, the role the government has in enforcing stricter gun laws and regulations, providing mental health services, and the communities affected by guns. Guns have posed as the number one threat in America and everyday individual’s lives are lost at the barrel of guns.  Kathleen, Grene, Dharani Amani, and Michael Siegel. 2024. “A Common Ground Gun Violence Prevention Policy Package.” Psychological Reports (April) 2024. The Psychological Reports academic journal focused on the Ground Gun Violence Prevention Policy Package. The proposed acts within the package could reduce the number of shooting incidents and limit individuals who do not possess the proper background checks to purchase firearms. The journal conducted surveys and interviews with specific focus groups that consisted of gun owners and non-gun owners. These research methods provided the journal with personal views and opinions about ...

  It's a bright and early Wednesday. You get up and complete your daily hygiene task, You then go to your children’s room and wake them up. It is a school morning and you do not want to be late. You lay out their clothes and tell them to get up and wash up. You go downstairs to start breakfast. By the time you're finished you hear their small footsteps running down the stairs in a hurry. Everyone eats and it's off to start the workday. You wish your child a safe and productive day and drop them off at school. Throughout the day you send text messages to make sure they are okay and doing well and by 3:15 your children run out of the school building into your arms and you go home. This is reality for many parents. Send their children off to school and for them to return in the afternoon to tell you about their day. But what if we slightly change the scenario. You keep the morning routine the same. It is not until the drop off that the scene changes. Usually when you text your...