Changing the Nature of Politics Through Social Media Sites
February 14th, 2007 by KevAs discussed in the previous post, social bookmarking and social networks are fast becoming extremely popular and influential. It’s no surprise that the most talked about candidate running for president elections of 2008, Barack Obama, realized the importance of online social media for his campaign.
He’s the first politician to back his election campaign by launching a social media site. www.BarackObama.com is a full scope social networking site which allows members to write blogs, set up personal profiles, meet others through internal site messaging, upload photos, and all of the other benefits found on typical social networking sites. He’s even got his videos posted on YouTube and his photographs on Flickr.
The Obama example foreshadows the new wave in online political campaigns. Of all communication mediums, the internet offers the widest reach possible—something that politicians need badly!
