Role of Media in Election Process: An Analysis

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Discussion........................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................3
Reference.........................................................................................................................................4

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Introduction
The main purpose of this assessment is to analyze whether the electorate of a country can
effectively take judgement when they are voting for someone. The assessment would be
including arguments and counter arguments and also provides examples of situations. The
assessment shows deep explanation of the roles which is played by different components such as
media, candidate and even electorate.
Discussion
The electorate play a very important role in the election process and also in establishing a
governmental body. Therefore, it is very much important that the electorate are presented with
relevant information on the basis of which decisions can be taken appropriately. In most cases
the news media influences the decisions and judgements which are taken by electorates. The
media plays a vital role in getting all the information and presenting the same to the society and
the general public1. The role of social media is very essential in the development of political
environment and consciousness among the general people. The social media just like paper
media also provides widespread information regarding different policies of government, election
campaign and also reveals results for the same. In most of the cases, the information which is
thus collected are often distorted and not accurate completely. The role of media is to
appropriately support the democracy function in the business but as most of the information
which is available to the general public are not true and therefore sufficient information are not
available to the general public for make appropriate judgements in election process.
1 Trottier, Daniel, and Christian Fuchs, eds. Social media, politics and the state: Protests, revolutions, riots, crime
and policing in the age of facebook, twitter and youtube. Vol. 16. Routledge, 2014.