The surge of political division among people has created a perilous situation for society. The clash between political parties hasn’t been as clear as it is now. This has been caused due to the diversification of groups and the spread of fake news. Although complete eradication isn’t plausible, it can be reduced by educating the next generation and increasing awareness of the harmful effects of mass media.
To begin with, more freedom on citizens has branched out hundreds of groups. As there haven’t been many common enemies in the United States recently, new ideologies, religions, and groups have been formed over the last few years. This has lead to the inevitable growth of extremist groups in politics. For instance, in the United States, where the Republicans and Democrats dominate the elections, the parties have been becoming more and more extremists to get extra votes. To add, the spread of fake news and social media has had made a huge impact. To generate higher views and click rates, there have been faker, more provocative information published, rather than truthful information. This has increased the resentment towards the opposing parties, which increased political polarization.
It is true that the complete vanishment of political polarization is nearly impossible. However, there can be actions taken to solve this problem. In the long term, educating the next generation, so that they do not make the same mistakes as past generations did would be a huge leap forward. As for now, increasing awareness of the harmful effects of social media and mass media on politics is the priority. For instance, researchers of Waseda University have stated that over 90% of readers of provocative, fake news articles are shared with their families or friends. Hence, increasing awareness of this is a crucial action that has to be taken, in order to prevent more of this from occurring.
The ever-growing political polarization has caused immense trouble to society. This has been caused by the diversification of ideologies that lead to extremists political parties. However, with the right education and the increase of awareness of issues with fake news, this could be reduced.
The surge of political division among
people
has
created a perilous situation for society. The clash between political
parties
hasn’t been as
clear
as it is
now
. This has
been caused
due to the diversification of
groups
and the spread of
fake
news
. Although complete eradication isn’t plausible, it can be
reduced
by educating the
next
generation and increasing
awareness
of the harmful effects of mass media.
To
begin
with, more freedom on citizens has branched out hundreds of
groups
. As there haven’t been
many
common enemies in the United States recently,
new
ideologies, religions, and
groups
have
been formed
over the last few years. This has lead to the inevitable growth of extremist
groups
in politics.
For instance
, in the United States, where the Republicans and Democrats dominate the elections, the
parties
have been becoming more and more extremists to
get
extra votes. To
add
, the spread of
fake
news
and social media has had made a huge impact. To generate higher views and click rates, there have been faker, more provocative information published,
rather
than truthful information. This has increased the resentment towards the opposing
parties
, which increased political polarization.
It is true that the complete
vanishment
of political polarization is
nearly
impossible.
However
, there can be actions taken to solve this problem. In the long term, educating the
next
generation,
so
that they do not
make
the same mistakes as past generations did
would
be a huge leap forward. As for
now
, increasing
awareness
of the harmful effects of social media and mass media on politics is the priority.
For instance
, researchers of
Waseda
University have stated that over 90% of readers of provocative,
fake
news
articles
are shared
with their families or friends.
Hence
, increasing
awareness
of this is a crucial action that
has to
be taken
, in order to
prevent
more of this from occurring.
The ever-growing political polarization has caused immense trouble to society. This has
been caused
by the diversification of ideologies that lead to extremists political
parties
.
However
, with the right education and the increase of
awareness
of issues with
fake
news
, this could be
reduced
.