Title: Participatory culture - Wikipedia
Headings: Participatory culture
Participatory culture
Contents
Overview
History
Forms
Technology
Social media
Social media and politics
Web 2.0
Participatory media
Relationship to the smartphone
Producers, consumers, and "produsage"
Explicit and implicit participation
Gendered experiences
Promise and potential
In mass media and civic engagement
In civics
In education
Challenges
In online platforms
YouTube and Participatory Culture
For consumers
In education
Participation gap
Transparency problem
Ethics challenge
Issues for educators and educational policy-makers
A new form of literacy
Meta-design: a design methodology supporting participatory cultures
See also
References
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Content: With the aid of these platforms, the ability to reach a global audience has never been easier. Social media and politics

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Social media have become a huge factor in politics and civics in not just elections, but gaining funds, spreading information, getting legislation and petition support, and other political activities. Social media make it easier for the public to make an impact and participate in politics. A study that showed the connection between Facebook messages among friends and how these messages have influenced political expression, voting, and information seeking in the 2012 United States presidential election. Social media mobilizes people easily and effectively, and does the same for the circulation of information. These can accomplish political goals such as gaining support for legislation, but social media can also greatly influence elections. The impact social media can have on elections was shown in the 2016 United States presidential election, wherein 115 pro-Trump fake news stories were shared on Facebook 30 million times compared to 41 pro-Clinton fake news stories shared 7.6 million times.