Matt Eventoff in the San Antonio Express Times
PARADIGM SHIFT or JUST A BLIP?
Web Posted: 09/14/2007 04:45 PM CDT
Web Posted: 09/14/2007 04:45 PM CDT
Web Posted: 09/14/2007 04:45 PM CDT
The small screen just got smaller.
Decades ago, television heralded a revolution in politics. For the first time, people could see their candidates in action, answering questions, messing up, making their case….
The medium put average Americans on center stage, via video, next to the candidates.
“In the past, the questioner has often played a more passive role,” Matt Eventoff, a political communications strategist said in a recent interview with the Web site, TechNewsWorld.com.
“In this medium, there will be a lot more analysis placed on the questioner and his or her tone, expressions, body language and actual question.”
Other events are following in the footsteps of the YouTube event.
Last week, an online-only “mash-up” debate, with the candidates responding to online user questions solely via the Internet, was hosted by the online sites of Yahoo, Slate magazine and the Huffington Post.
The mash-up format allows an online user to mix and match different video clips to create a customized debate of interest to him or her.
“We intend for these debates to be a groundbreaking mix of old and new traditions in politics,” said PBS’ Charlie Rose, who moderated.
And MySpace, the hugely popular networking site, plans to conduct straw polls and a mock presidential election on Jan. 1 and 2. The unofficial event will be open to all MySpace users who reside in the United States, regardless of voting eligibility.
“Iowa and New Hampshire may be selecting delegates, but the MySpace vote will be the first test of where candidates stand in the election year,” Tom Anderson, president of MySpace, said in announcing the event.
The small screen just got smaller.
Decades ago, television heralded a revolution in politics. For the first time, people could see their candidates in action, answering questions, messing up, making their case….
The medium put average Americans on center stage, via video, next to the candidates.
“In the past, the questioner has often played a more passive role,” Matt Eventoff, a political communications strategist said in a recent interview with the Web site, TechNewsWorld.com.
“In this medium, there will be a lot more analysis placed on the questioner and his or her tone, expressions, body language and actual question.”
Other events are following in the footsteps of the YouTube event.
Last week, an online-only “mash-up” debate, with the candidates responding to online user questions solely via the Internet, was hosted by the online sites of Yahoo, Slate magazine and the Huffington Post.
The mash-up format allows an online user to mix and match different video clips to create a customized debate of interest to him or her.
“We intend for these debates to be a groundbreaking mix of old and new traditions in politics,” said PBS’ Charlie Rose, who moderated.
And MySpace, the hugely popular networking site, plans to conduct straw polls and a mock presidential election on Jan. 1 and 2. The unofficial event will be open to all MySpace users who reside in the United States, regardless of voting eligibility.
“Iowa and New Hampshire may be selecting delegates, but the MySpace vote will be the first test of where candidates stand in the election year,” Tom Anderson, president of MySpace, said in announcing the event.
The small screen just got smaller.
Decades ago, television heralded a revolution in politics. For the first time, people could see their candidates in action, answering questions, messing up, making their case….
The medium put average Americans on center stage, via video, next to the candidates.
“In the past, the questioner has often played a more passive role,” Matt Eventoff, a political communications strategist said in a recent interview with the Web site, TechNewsWorld.com.
“In this medium, there will be a lot more analysis placed on the questioner and his or her tone, expressions, body language and actual question.”
Other events are following in the footsteps of the YouTube event.
Last week, an online-only “mash-up” debate, with the candidates responding to online user questions solely via the Internet, was hosted by the online sites of Yahoo, Slate magazine and the Huffington Post.
The mash-up format allows an online user to mix and match different video clips to create a customized debate of interest to him or her.
“We intend for these debates to be a groundbreaking mix of old and new traditions in politics,” said PBS’ Charlie Rose, who moderated.
And MySpace, the hugely popular networking site, plans to conduct straw polls and a mock presidential election on Jan. 1 and 2. The unofficial event will be open to all MySpace users who reside in the United States, regardless of voting eligibility.
“Iowa and New Hampshire may be selecting delegates, but the MySpace vote will be the first test of where candidates stand in the election year,” Tom Anderson, president of MySpace, said in announcing the event.
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