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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

 

Digital Revolution takes a role in Politics

With the 2008 Presidential Election coming up, many supporters have used technological media to get their message across. These candidates such as Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama can now hold fundraisers and gain support through online communities. An article i found Searchles TV Channeling Social Media and the Voting Public in 2008 http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070823/neth015.html?.v=18 shows us how online campaigning has influenced us and allowed a younger generation to follow the presidential election. The articles states

"The social media phenomena has enabled the lesser known candidates to
effectively get a campaign off the ground and compete with the well-
established candidates "

The online community allows any candidate to speak up and promote their campaign. Searchles T.V has allowed viewing of different campaign videos as well as speeches that took place during various debates. You Tube has also had a huge impact on the different candidates running. I myself never realized just exactly who was running for the Presidential Election. Going on You Tube allows you to view the debates and find out exactly what each candidate stands for or disagrees with. http://www.youtube.com/youchoose This new form of media can deliver the message not just to our fellow Amercians, but to those around the world.


posted by ajaggi @ 11:15 AM permalink
Comments:
A decent post on an interesting topic.

Is this just a fad or has political campaigning taken a real turn towards online persuasion? Who is watching these youtube videos?
# posted by Blogger A. Mattson : 9:27 PM
 
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