2011 Federal Canadian Election and the Media
Dobrzynska, A., Blais, A., & Nadeau, R. (2013). Do the media have a direct impact on the vote? The case of the 2011 Canadian election. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 15(1), 27-43. This article gives the narrations that revolve around the essential impact of information on the citizens of Canada. It accentuates that the real advent of information sharing has high level of influence on the perception of the citizens about various candidates who vie for political positions in Canada. it also unveils the fact that throughout the Canadian elections, the shifting of the people views about the voting was made possible through the use of the media. The owners of the media who are charged with the responsibility of making sure that the information reaches the citizens use this platform to enlighten the public on the wave of politics and the trends that these politics take. And for the 2011 general elections, the media was seen to have spearheaded a peaceful election for the country of Canada.
Gruzd, A., & Roy, J. (2014). Investigating political polarization on Twitter: A Canadian perspective. Policy & Internet, 6(1), 28-45. This article takes on the analysis of the social media platform twitter as a tool which was used by the Canadian politicians to gunner their supporters. The creation of groups, the mass following of the leaders on twitter and the posting of opinion on this website gave the Canadians to divide into various groups which mainly were according to the ethnic groups in this country. This article goes ahead to help us understand the various facets and connotations brought out during elections that the social media platform escalated. This platform has been used as a critical tool in coordination of political supporters and reduced the costs of these politicians reaching out to their esteemed voters. The polarization mentioned in this article made most of the voters to vote on ethnic grounds and not on the agenda setting and capabilities.
Hayes, D., Lawless, J. L., & Baitinger, G. (2014). Who cares what they wear? Media, gender, and the influence of candidate appearance. Social Science Quarterly, 95(5), 1194-1212. The author in this article has the perception that the voting populace of Canada 2011 federal elections did not pay much attention to the quality of deliverable that the politician were endowed with but they followed what the media say on the attribute of the leader with complete disregard to the real and true nature of the politicians. In one way the media puts the politicians into limelight that they are perceived as those who can really deliver. The manipulation of the media gives these individuals the hope of prosperity even without seeing what exactly the person in question has done. The substantial connotation from this article is the need for the media to act in complete honesty and integral obligation to the public during the elections.
Kay, B. J. (2012). A Regional Swing Model for Converting Canadian Popular Vote Into Parliamentary Seats 1963-2008. In APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper. This piece discusses the adverse impact of the media in effecting the notion of wooing voters to be on a certain political side by the use of the regional swing model. The disintegration of the public with demystifying information about some members of parliament is one of the overriding themes of this article. From this article, it is clear that the media in most cases vied off from meeting their obligations of relaying the honest and integral information about these politicians and what they are capable of doing. The insights on dynamisms of politics as postulated by this article bring the whole advent of demystification of moral values to s substantial stance.
Kellner, D. (2015). Media spectacle and the crisis of democracy: Terrorism, war, and election battles. Routledge. This article gives an account of how the media has been used to spearhead terrorism, election battles and war. The media is seen to be at the center of discussion when it comes to the spearheading of democracy among the citizens. Their sole responsibility is to ensure that they relay true and honest information about the government to the public. The sole responsibility of these persons is to ensure that the problems of the citizens are told as it is. The article is keen to provide examples on how the media has been used to diminish democracy and spearhead election battles. For example, the media refusal to air the public meetings of the opposition leaders as dictated by the government at hand and this brings the insurgence of these parties creating political conflicts
Mughan, A. (2016). Media and the presidentialization of parliamentary elections. Springer. This article takes on the analysis of the social media as a tool which was used by the Canadian politicians to gunner their supporters. The creation of groups, the mass following of the leaders on twitter and the posting of opinion on this website gave the Canadians to divide into various groups which mainly were according to the ethnic groups in this country. This article goes ahead to help us understand the various facets and connotations brought out during elections that the social media platform escalated. This platform has been used as a critical tool in coordination of political supporters and reduced the costs of these politicians reaching out to their esteemed voters. The polarization mentioned in this article made most of the voters to vote on ethnic grounds and not on the agenda setting and capabilities.
Turcotte, A. (2011). Polls: Seeing Through the Glass Darkly. The Canadian Federal Election of, 195-218. This journal analyzes the various tenets of misconceptions that the media relays to the public about the various candidates on their political prowess. The citizens voting in the federal elections did not pay much attention to the quality of deliverable that the politician were endowed with but they followed what the media say on the attribute of the leader with complete disregard to the real and true nature of the politicians. In one way the media puts the politicians into limelight that they are perceived as those who can really deliver. The manipulation of the media gives these individuals the hope of prosperity even without seeing what exactly the person in question has done. The substantial connotation from this article is the need for the media to act in complete honesty and integral obligation to the public during the elections.
References
Dobrzynska, A., Blais, A., & Nadeau, R. (2013). Do the media have a direct impact on the vote? The case of the 2011 Canadian election. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 15(1), 27-43
Gruzd, A., & Roy, J. (2014). Investigating political polarization on Twitter: A Canadian perspective. Policy & Internet, 6(1), 28-45.
Hayes, D., Lawless, J. L., & Baitinger, G. (2014). Who cares what they wear? Media, gender, and the influence of candidate appearance. Social Science Quarterly, 95(5), 1194-1212.
Kay, B. J. (2012). A Regional Swing Model for Converting Canadian Popular Vote Into Parliamentary Seats 1963-2008. In APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper.
Kellner, D. (2015). Media spectacle and the crisis of democracy: Terrorism, war, and election battles. Routledge.
Mughan, A. (2016). Media and the presidentialization of parliamentary elections. Springer.
Turcotte, A. (2011). Polls: Seeing Through the Glass Darkly. The Canadian Federal Election of, 195-218.