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Social Media Changing Views

Social media can have a great impact on peoples’ outlooks and opinions on many different topics. After reading the article “Social Media Causes Some Users to Rethink Their Views on an Issue,” by Monica Anderson, it is easy to understand why this is true. I know from looking at my own social media that political influence is all over. Seeing so many opinions and so many different sides and explanations from other people’s political standpoints, it is hard to not feel a little influence. In the recent 2016 election, social media had a huge impact of how people saw each candidate. Anderson states “20% of social media users say they’ve modified their stance on a social or political issue because of material they saw on social media, and 17% say social media has helped to change their views about a specific political candidate” (2016). Twenty and seventeen percent might seem like a small number, but with how many people were involved and interacting with the 2016 election, that is a huge number.

 Anderson, Monica. "Social Media Causes Some Users to Rethink Their Views on an Issue." Pew Research Center. N.p., 07 Nov. 2016. Web. 19 Apr. 2017.

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This video has the new reports in a discussion that goes into some depth about how social media effected the last election in 2016, sharing their thoughts and opinions.

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Some would say social media does not have an influence on people and politics. Here is an image that shows social media does have some relevance and influence on politics.

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Pew found that 20 percent of survey respondents say social media has altered their position on a political issue and 17 percent say it has changed their view of a specific candidate.

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Social Media Is Not Contributing Significantly to Political Polarization, Paper Says

Researchers at Brown and Stanford Universities found that the growth in political polarization was most significant among the people least likely to be online.

Social Media seem to have a lot in common. This article discusses that social media does not have a huge effect on Political Polarization. It is said that there is Political Polarization for all age groups, including those who don’t use social Media.