Reactions to New Media and the two videos

I was amazed at the figures provided in each video as to how much influence that New Media has on the social network. It is definitely not a fad that new media is here, “and here to stay”. Twitter, blog, web pages, and other new forms of communication do reach a larger audience and will serve at a strategy to politicians and other social institutions. However my question and skepticisms are how new media provides enough information with good ethical and factual approaches. People will no longer have to hear both sides of the story that other forms of media provide. Society can pick and choose what they want to hear in terms of what is necessary for their decision-making. Will New Media provide accurate information that provides the whole situation or just influencing and persuasive information to reach a goal? There has to be some damage control to this fast and growing way forms of communication. Well as far as I see it, New Media is here to stay and will continue to revolutionize.

Three ways Social Media will shape public policy:
1. Social Media will reach a larger audience
2. Social Media will allow people to become more politically aware.
3. Social Media will keep society updated about upcoming and current events on a more broad scale and will allow people to become more accessible to the political leaders they follow.

Therefore people will become more confident in the political institution and feel more confident in participating in important decision-making events such as voting.