Politics in the Media Answers

1)The media helps me follow politics by giving me information on each candidate running. It also helps by giving me a little history behind each person running. If I were looking for political in formation i would probably turn to CNN or some other place that is worthy enough for me to watch and believe what they have to sat about each candidate. Also shows like the Daily Show and Colbert Report do give a little advice on who to side with, although funny they do help.

2)Politicians manage their image by always talking with their hands and also posing for pictures with average people. Some politicians may take pictures with construction workers because they know if people viewing the picture see this it makes it as if that politician cares about the blue collar people who have to work everyday and that makes them popular with the other blue collar people. And many politicians do this trick with other kinds of people in order to get their votes and it seems to work.

3 Kerry said many powers and the media misquoted him by saying foreign powers. This effected his campaign big time because it made it seem as if he were negotiating with the foreign diplomats and that is a dangerous game to play. Because after 911 that remark made it seem that he was for terrorism and that scared a lot of Americans into not voting for him. Which led Bush to a second term and becoming president once again.

4) They were called Broadway because they set up the backdrop for every interview that he done. They did this to make it seem more presentable than what it really was. Because they feel that if people see Bush with this gorgeous background they set up for him that would get more and more people to watch his speech because they background caught their eye. Basically they set this up because they know that the average people like to see bright color backgrounds and thats what they do.

5)Some media options that are helpful in a political race would be television and newspaper. These to options are helpful because t.v. every one watches t.v. and its a great way to have everyone watch your speech and listen to what you have to say about you opinions for change. A weakness to this is that the opposing can make commercials saying mean things about your campaign and that can ruin what you have fought for and lose a lot of your supporters. Newspaper helps because it can have journalists write excellent things about your campaign and when people read this they think that if you get this good review they will vote for you. A  weakness to this is that sometimes the newspaper will give off bad information and maybe even misquote what you have to say like John Kerry.