Most Americans have cellphones and access to the Internet. The result is a new forms of political communications, such as tweeting, YouTube and Twitter, and both
parties are using it. Very little of it has to do with expensive
political advertising on mass media. Look at your desktop, and you'll
see the ways the new media are changing the political scene from the
bottom up: Visit the changed the link below to learn some of the ways mass media has changed political communications.http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2010/02/04/5-ways-new-media-are-changing-politics
Thank you for sharing the link in your post! I definitely think what it stated is helpful in describing and understanding how media in general is altering the way we see and feel about politics. It seems as though now days people (in our generation at least) are only concerned about the "infotainment" and soft news aspect of politics (ex: Trump as candidate) rather than what the candidates can bring to the table to better the future of our nation.
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