List five ways that the Internet has changed election campaigns.?

[shanee]

[Ever Questing]

Propaganda.
Propaganda.
Propaganda.
Propaganda.
and oh yeah, Propaganda.

[boo]

1. Public logic
2. Public knowledge
3. Awareness
4. Awareness
5. Awareness

[☼Rob☼]

here's ONE quote that merits conversation:

“Were it not for the Internet, Barack Obama would not be president. Were it not for the Internet, Barack Obama would not have been the nominee,” said Arianna Huffington, editor in chief of The Huffington Post.

and another:

Obama's advantage on the Internet has been even more lopsided. His campaign paid for 914.5 million displays of ads on Web sites like Yahoo.com and aol.com in September, while the McCain campaign had only 7.9 million display ads on the Web, according to the ratings service Nielsen Online.

yet another:

The rise of the Internet as a campaign funding tool raises new questions about the adequacy of FEC requirements on disclosure. In pre-Internet fundraising, almost all political donations, even small ones, were made by bank check, leaving a paper trail and limiting the amount of fraud.

But credit cards used to make donations on the Internet have allowed for far more abuse.

“While FEC practice is to do a post-election review of all presidential campaigns, given their sluggish metabolism, results can take three or four years,” said Ken Boehm, the chairman of the conservative National Legal and Policy Center.

Already, the FEC has noted unusual patterns in Obama campaign donations among donors who have been disclosed because they have gone beyond the $200 minimum.

and another:

The credit for the success of the media campaign in galvanising the American electorate to vote for the country’s first African-American president is shared by a small group of media and technologically-savvy aides.


and the fifth:

When looking at Obama’s social networking strategy, there are three key areas crucial to understanding and assessing Obama’s social media campaign- targeting, branding and message discipline, and social network penetration. These factors worked together to create an overall cohesive social networking campaign which reached out to voters in different social networks based on their demographics, geography and interest. From there, the campaign brought them into their own social network where they could be more actively engaged and encourage others to be a part. Here, the branding and message discipline worked together to ensure that people had a clear idea of what the campaign was about, as well as creating a common banner and symbolism that people could identify with and identify the campaign with. From there, the social networks maintained themselves, creating increasing support and outreach as the campaign gained momentum. While certain inherent factors such as early demographics and message appeal pushed Obama’s campaign forward with more vigor, it seems that the personal interest of the candidate in the campaign also played a large part in ensuring the social media campaign got the adequate attention it needed to succeed. Throughout these factors, it becomes clear not just that a successful social networking campaign can happen again, but that it will happen again. After this level of involvement, no candidate will be able to run for any position without having some sort of online component.


good news here though...


the RIGHT can learn from this experience and USE these methods as well... jet fighter aircraft are a MASSIVE tactical advantage UNTIL the other side shows up with jets,,,

[umbrellaellaa]

1. the politicians can appeal directly to the people themselves and therefore people may be able to relate more to them thus reducing the increasing lack of identification between politicians and the people.

2. The elections will appeal to a younger audience who do not usually vote.

3. The general awareness of the election will increase so people will be educated and informed on politics.

4. People are heavily influence by the media and this includes the internet so their decision can be influenced more than others.

5. They can have an outlet for their opinion, a 'tension release' where people can debate on what they believe and therefore be persuaded or feel more involved.