Social media and the government, in the beginning, have a love-hate relationship between them. When social media contains criticism of the government, as it frequently does, the relationship begins to sour, and the affair blossoms when the opposite occurs, particularly when sycophancy reaches epic dimensions. In our case, we have this situation where social media are being exploited with the apparent goal of bringing about a particular conclusion in the ballots just days before the elections. Unfortunately, a lot of people criticize the government by posting something on social media. At the same time, people also express their love and support of politicians on the same platform. As the year passed, we could see the love and hate relationship between the media and the government. Many people are expressive through their dislike of the projects that the politicians have been implemented. The people in the Philippines were separated from their beliefs, which were to vote for the right person or to vote just for the sake of money. Media has been a platform where most of us express our thoughts and share our life journeys.
Newspapers, radio, television, the internet, are where people learn the news, get entertainment and find helpful information. Mass communication increasingly is no longer filtered through elite media, but rather proliferates through free-flowing citizen-based social media. Should it even be called media anymore? We like to call it youdia, which means mass communication is more and more controlled by us or you. The people and the government often feel separated. Dangerously, we worry about declining trust, corruption, elitism, and tyranny, resulting in declining political efficacy. So, what brings the people and the government together? It's the media. The Freedom of Information Act allows more and more of us, citizens, to look at more information that the government would like to keep secret, prevents journalists from revealing sources even those sources tell the news that the government doesn't want us to know. This brings us to the question, what's the relationship between public officials and the media? Is it love or hate? More appropriately should be loved and hate. Politicians increasingly use the media to share stories that shed a favorable light on what politicians are doing. Yet, around every corner is a camera and a journalist ready to explore a mistake at the same time.