# The Two-Step Flow
The two-step flow is a premise in mass communications under which **people make political decisions based on the information of opinion leaders.**
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DeAnna proposed that **in the age of social media it forms a third step, as people are also influenced by the populist messaging spread by their friends and relatives, and not just traditional opinion leaders**. I believe that social media simply made the role of opinion leaders more accessible instead, and that the two step flow model still holds.