Social Media and Current Events

My blog is focusing on how current social media is impacting people’s views on current events. Websites like Facebook and Twitter have millions of users who actively voice their opinions on public matters. I am researching to see if reading other people’s opinions and thoughts on major social and political events affect the reader’s own personal opinion. Another form of social media, for example, Instagram, is another very powerful way of voicing your opinion on social events. This is an important matter because before the age of social media, people were very independent about their opinions on social and political matters. I want to see if people are being persuaded more in this social media age because of the constant ability to know other people’s views and opinions on matters.