Chapter 11 Question 1

The media has an incredible impact on the world. The impact the media has has significantly increased over the past 5 years due to things blowing up like facebook and twitter. The fact that people follow individuals' personal lives on twitter makes an incredible impact on the followers' lives. Anything anyone says on twitter can be used against them and can be seen by many and is essentially a 160 character press conference. The poster can say anything they want about any topic in the world and millions of people will have then found out the poster's standpoint on that topic. The election causes a stir especially around the media. When things like the debates happen, twitter is a centerpiece to hosting any discussions about what occurs during the debate and potentially who's winning. Through the use of this simple website, the significance of media in the world changes drastically.