Media and Information Technologies promote great Socio-political participation among the citizens (Negative side)

While others believe Media and information technologies are tools for better socio-political engagement among citizens, it is arguable that it does not help the political process by improving people’s understanding of political parties, or the issues, but rather leads to a trivialization of the political issues, meaning they make government related issues seem less important or serious than it actually is.

Inflammatory comments made on social media could stir up hostility and lead to aggravated debates, thereby detracting from serious political debate. Or that the use of slang can lead to confusion and ambiguity, potentially contributing to a lack of meaningful discussion.

Not all media and information technologies are tools for communicating and expressing opinions for political issues because media providers such as print and broadcast media are only technologies you can get information from, but you cannot give reactions, feedbacks, commentaries to other citizens nationwide using these medias.

There is also the issue of space constraints with some social media, such as the 140 character limit for Twitter, which can make it even more difficult for arguments to be conveyed in the way intended. And the accuracy of information provided should also be considered.

     Some media and information technologies are also biased. One example is Duterte’s advertisement for his presidential campaign in 2016, where he paid 2 million in one of the media groups in television to air his ad for the election, yet they didn’t air his advertisement for the reason that they support another candidate for the presidential position, which shows bias in the campaign.


           All in all, we can say that these reasons show how media and information technologies not only affect positive effects for socio-political engagement, but it also gives a big impact to the negativity of such issues. 


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