Emily K. Price '21, Associate Articles Editor

The Politicization of Social Media

The Politicization of Social Media

Let’s face it: social media is political.

Based on a study by Pew Research Center, if you log onto your favorite social media site – Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. – and scroll through your newsfeed for two to five minutes, there is a 93% chance you will see at least one political post.

And this raises one big question: Is it good or bad that social media is so political?