5 ways new media is changing politics

First off the most important part of this article is the date it was published. It was published in 2010 which is four years ago. Therefore it is safe to say that new media has progressed even more since this article. This article talks about the five ways that new media is changing politics. The communications director of the White House made a statement about how in today's time viewers and listeners can choose what they want to listen to and what they want to hear. They can control their news consumption just like they can control what they download to their iPod. The second way that media is changing politics is through the idea of sharing things. How in today's time people like Obama and Sara Palin shared their political views and ideas through Facebook and text messaging. Through mediums like that their messages went viral. This coincides with technological determinism,   it show how technology can have a power over our culture. It has changed our culture in the political world. The third thing that changed politics was the concept of being able to like something on social media. Now with someone running for a political party they don't need their voters to tell them what they like, they can just like it on Facebook which takes away the idea of physical transportation between people. The fourth way new media is changing politics is the idea of time. In a blink of the eye you can tweet something, like something, or share something. Political organizers had to personally hand out fliers and now graphics can be shared over the internet. The last way new media has changed politics is used the internet to donate. Political candidates would much rather have individuals donate in bulk versus corporations. With traditional media is just created audiences but with new media is creates users. Users that can be involved and donate to causes and help political candidates. The article just shows a few examples of how new media has changed the culture of the political world.