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The Impact Of New Internet Media On US Presidential Election Politics

Posted on:2019-05-23Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X Y HaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2356330542464174Subject:International relations
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Today,in the 21 st century,the scientific and technological level of mankind has developed at a faster pace than ever before in any historical period.New technologies represented by the Internet have completely entered the life of the people.While changing the way of human life,It is also changing human thinking and cognition of the world.The development of human civilization is always intertwined with advances in science and technology.The advent of the industrial revolution profoundly changed the world more than 200 years ago.While it established the dominance of the capitalist and bourgeoisie in the world,it also led to the development of human civilization Great progress.Today,the information revolution represented by the Internet is booming.The United States is not only the birthplace of this revolution,but also the representative of capitalist countries in the world today.The United States has always proclaimed itself the "last hope of mankind" and has a set of The American people regard it as the best unique constitutional democracy in the world.However,precisely under the rule of this system,the United States has always been troubled in recent years.In the 2016 U.S.presidential election,Donald Trump unexpectedly won the election due to a series of incidents such as the financial crisis,ethnic riots,Occupy Wall Street,and so on.His election has had a tremendous impact on American society Torn apart,further intensified the existing social conflicts in the United States.In the past many years,as one of the core of American politics,the presidential election politics always mediates and divests various contradictions in the United States during the presidential election in four years.In the United States where the "separation of powers is" as the The fourth power media has been deeply involved in the U.S.presidential election.From the media of paper to the development of television media,these traditional media provided campaign information to the general electorate during the presidential election of the United States,set the political agenda and guided Media-oriented and so on,Became one of the decisive factors in winning the U.S.presidential election.However,in the capitalist United States,which is essentially a bourgeois state,the traditional media are essentially in the hands of the elite of society,and these are the foundations of the elite politics in the United States.However,with the development of the Internet,the emergence and rise of Internet new media represented by social media have provided a free speech space for the grassroots in the United States.It spans space and time,and in a virtual space will be a thousand miles away Individual links together.Its development has changed thechannels for voters to obtain information in the traditional electoral politics of the United States,changed the voters' vulnerability to the political agendas during the election,changed the sources of funding for candidates and changed the structure of voters in the U.S.election reorganization Participation and so on.These changes not only have a tremendous impact on American society,but they also provide the impetus for change in the U.S.election reorganization.The new medium of media transmission,represented by social media,provided technical support to the democratic transformation in the United States.Out of its side,it opened the process of flattening the economic foundation of the United States and the superstructure,and in the future it would surely influence the electoral politics of the United States In particular,the presidential election has a huge impact.
Keywords/Search Tags:U.S. Presidential Election, New Internet Media, Social Media, Election politics
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