Politics & Broadcasting, An Easy Out

For my final post I would like to wrap up this semester by talking about the complete topic of how Politics and the Media correlate together and by that I mean how politicians use the media and television to manipulate people instead of educate them.

Through this semester we've watched several videos of politicians on shows either winning over their audience, or attacking their opponents. They have also insulted their hosts if they felt threatened by their questions. Why would politics need to rely of heavily on the media and broadcasting to achieve the vote?

According to a study done by California State University 99% of homes in the US have at least 1 television. It is obvious why broadcasting is so important to politicians now because this the most effective way for them to reach their audience and also influence the younger generations so when they are of age to vote they can easily be persuaded to their side. You can see there study here.http://www.csun.edu/science/health/docs/tv&health.html

When 49% of the country say they watch too much TV it is clear how attracted the population is to this small box in our living rooms. What better place to reach people then through this invention? While people sit in their living rooms comfortably you can reach out to them and gain their trust. They feel safe in their homes and can become more open to persuasion during their average of 6 hours of television each day.

Why bother persuading a crowd with actual logic and facts when you can simply manipulate them and slander your opponent at the same time? This way it's easier for you the candidate to focus on other things aside from actually providing an image and proposal for what you will do if you do gain the position. By attempting to (in a way) brainwash viewers you don't need to worry about questions because all they will think of when in the polls is how your opponent did all of these terrible things to the country and the people they should be taking care of, then they will remember your name and lovely face and the beautiful blue and red text you used in your logo instead of what you are actually planning to do when you are sworn in. This could possibly be one of the easily cop outs imaginable and audiences aren't even aware of it. They are too engulfed in the latest television show and scandal to focus on actual facts of politics and you of course take advantage of that.