Politics With Kris

Hey guys! Today, in order to end our blogging journey on a good note, we will be going over something exciting for once: voting and elections! Voting is a linkage institution in that it connects the people to the government by allowing them to support political candidates. Elections can influence an individual's political beliefs by shedding light on issues that one may not have known about. In addition, the campaign of a candidate can convince a person to identify with that candidate's political party, which will then serve to influence most or all of their political beliefs. As I'm sure you're aware, U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke challenged U.S. Senator Ted Cruz for his position as Texas Senator in the 2018 midterm elections. Am I mad that Beto lost? Maybe a little bit. Because I'm both in denial and interested in what went down, this week's blog post will be dedicated to taking a closer look at the O'Rourke vs. Cruz race. Beto O'Rourke is ...

Hey everyone! It's Kris, and today we will be going over current events and how the media interprets them. More specifically, we will be taking a look at the bombs that have been sent to prominent Democratic officials and how both the New York Times and Fox News view this issue. As a forewarning, the New York Times, according to the Pew Research Center, caters to a consistently liberal audience, while the audience of Fox News tends to be more conservative. Maps of the times, locations, and people that the bombs were sent to. Taken from NY Times. First thing's first: why is this important? The way the media interprets current events is important because it is our primary source of information about local and global issues. The media also provides us with the majority of the information that we receive about politics. In this way, the media can be considered a linkage institution. In other words, the media connects the general public to the government through their flow ...