Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Politics 2.0

Isn't this upcoming presidential election going to be intense?

Between the front-runners right now, this election is going to be extremely intriguing. Anyway, I mention this because I have been seeing and hearing so much about this election, and it's not even 2008!

On Will Richardson's website, he comments on social networking on a website by Barack Obama, or someone in his campaign, through http://mybarackobama.com. This website allows users to perform the same functions we perform in this class: blogging, leaving messages for one another, connecting with one another, etc. He has initiated a great way to hook Americans, especially young Americans, since many young adults are the ones who are consumed so much with internet publication.

Having a website and a social networking site is a great way for a presidential candidate to get his campaign up and running. The internet is a new form of media advertisement now. What an extremely intelligent idea Obama has here!

If Obama is caught up in the times now, I believe he's pretty connected to this changing world. He's reaching out to a mass audience to connect one another, and to spread his campaign across the country--even the world!

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