This study I discovered revealed that the majority of Americans see the impact the social media has on public policy. Nearly 80% of American believe that social media has at least some impact on public policy outcomes, according to a new Finn Futures survey. There was 1000 American adults who participated in the survey. Three of the mail public policy components that the participants believed social media has influence on is , gun control, and trade. College aged respondents were the most likely to respond that social media has a significant impact, which is not a surprise. Although, these participants did have split views on whether this impact was positive or negative. Over half of the participants said that social media had some kind of impact on their voting decision. Also, over half of the respondents said that they shared their political opinions on social media at least occasionally. Member of Congress must be prepared to respond in an increasingly digital way, due to this increasingly high rate of how much social media effects politics. Social media is playing a bigger role in shaping public policy and so much more.*News Article: https://www.holmesreport.com/research/article/americans-see-social-media-impact-on-public-policy
I agree that social media is certainly playing a role not only in elections but also public policy as well. As many of participants in the study suggest I am not exactly sure whether the effect on policy is positive yet or not, but at the very least the platforms make it easier for individual voices to be shared. I also found it interesting over half of respondents shared their political opinions. My father always said 2 things you don't openly share with a stranger are politics and religion, times sure seem to be changing. It will be interesting to see how social media grows both in elections and policy.
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