Importance Of Mass Media As A Representation Of The First...

Importance of mass media as a representation of the first amendment in Hillary Clinton’s current presidential campaign Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, born in October 26, 1947 is an American attorney, politician and a member of the Democratic Party. She is the wife of the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton and she served as the First Lady of the united states from 1993 to 2001.Hillary Clinton was representing New York in the United States from 2001 to 2009.In 2008 election, she was the presidential candidate in the Democratic Party of which she lost the seat to president Barack Obama .Clinton served as the 67th United States secretary of the state from 2009 to 2013 under the President Barack Obama. For the last two years,†¦show more content†¦Mass media are diversified technologies intended to reach large number of people by mass communication. These technologies transmit their information electronically and may include broadcast media such as television, radio, recorded music and film. On the other hand, Social media refer to web-based technologies that provide platform for ind ividuals and community to share, exchange information, ideas, and pictures /videos in virtual communities e.g. Facebook and twitter. American Political System is highly dependent on Mass Media since the development of media began a century ago through the development of first successful newspaper ( Boston News Letter).This was the beginning of an inevitable development in global communication or mass media. Since then, other media friendly devices have cemented their spot in the industry such as the television, the radio, cell phones and social media. It is with these tools, protected by the first amendment, that people peek into what is going on in the world around us, from business to welfare, from sports to political events. If we take a closer look at the political world in America, We clearly identify how powerful the media can be, this raises questions on the power of media and its manipulations as a tool of campaign, for instance the recent presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton .This paper also touches on the various ways that the media can influence politics both foreign and domestic and how it is used by political