When attending the personal democracy forum, I entered in with a question – will the emphasis in the ’08 presidential election be on the personal rather than the democracy? I would hope that would not be the case. We have enough MYspace and YOUtube. How will this campaign cycle actually change the way we interface with politicians? Will the YouTube + social network campaigns carry over into the white house?
This is truly a question of how politics will manage this new level of participation. Online Civic Engagement. What will it look like in 2008?
I am glad the campaign trail is setting a precedent for how people want to participate. I just hope there are not too many gates put up to block the surge of action that will surely arise during this online campaign cycle.
Danah Boyd made an interesting point. Politicians spend countelss hours shaking hands with civilians during campaigning (and afterwards). How can we take this gesture and personalize it in the online world? Shouldn’t politicians and their camp be spending time on other people’s blogs virtually shaking hands and reaching out to this online commmunity? Why wait for us to watch them? They should be spending as much time watching and interacting with us.
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[...] Sat 19 May 2007 Blogging Personal Politics Posted by jakilevy under events , Politics > When attending the personal democracy forum, I entered in with a question – will the emphasis in the 08 presidential election be on the personal rather than the democracy? I would hope that would not be the case. We have enough MYspace and YOUtube. How will this campaign cycle actually change the way we interface with politicians? Will the YouTube + social network campaigns carry over (continues) [...]