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Introduction In a democratic process, citizens and politicians interact in a mediated environment.During election campaigns, candidates cannot have direct personal communication with every single citizen. On the other hand, constituents cannot express the first-hand experience of different policy issues directly to policymakers. Instead, people rely on the exchange of information through the mass media and by various forms of media to communicate political messages and information, like the values and policies of political actors, parties, and candidates, and the impact of these values and policies on society and the world around us. This paper will attempt to explore the role of mass media in Somali land Elections as a fulfillment of the term paper requirement for the course of Media, Peace, and Conflict. As is often the case, a simple question creates many lines of inquiry. In order to understand the topic of Mass Media and Elections, one needs to first understand what is Mass Me

  Introduction In a democratic process, citizens and politicians interact in a mediated environment. During election campaigns, candidates cannot have direct personal communication with every single citizen. On the other hand, constituents cannot express the first-hand experience of different policy issues directly to policymakers. Instead, people rely on the exchange of information through the mass media and by various forms of media to communicate political messages and information, like the values and policies of political actors, parties, and candidates, and the impact of these values and policies on society and the world around us. This paper will attempt to explore the role of mass media in Somali land Elections as a fulfillment of the term paper requirement for the course of Media, Peace, and Conflict. As is often the case, a simple question creates many lines of inquiry. In order to understand the topic of Mass Media and Elections, one needs to first understand what is