prototype stage

Canvas: Social Media, Politics, and Government Outline

Topic: The Impact of social media on politics and government

Introduction

· More than half of the global population are active social media users today.

· At least 4.70 billion (59%) of the world population today use social media.

· The year 2022 witnessed at least 227 million new social media users

· The average daily usage is approximately 2 hours and 29 minutes

· In this sense, social media has culminated into an influential tool in politics and government.

· The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate social media’s impacts on politics and government affairs today.

Empathy Stage

· The general belief is that social media has intensified media bias.

· The media bias manifest through story framing to influence the audience comprehension on matters such as racism, classism, and political parties and candidates.

· The bias also manifests through priming, where a person adopts a stance on an issue because of what they read or see in the media. For a case in point, if the audience reads news stories on job losses, failed industries, and outsourcing, only, they will tend to form a negative image of the economy.

Define State

· Numerous media exhibit significantly overt prejudice. However, unconscious bias is more conspicuous because journalists encounter many hurdles to impartiality.

· The solution lies in the journalists overcoming these obstacles. They need this solution because it is among the few feasible ways of curbing media bias.

Ideate Stage

· One feasible solution is publishing only stories or posts from reliable and credible sources.

· Secondly, journalists should avoid or refuse the influence of powerful external forces, usually political forces.

· Third, they should also examine their biases using tools, such as the before and after.