Matt Eventoff in the Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Growing political participation onlineLast updated September 21, 2007 4:36 p.m. PT
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On July 23, Democratic presidential contenders waded deep into the waters of this new world during the first debate co-sponsored by CNN and YouTube, a video-sharing Web site with millions of virtual participants.
The candidates were physically gathered at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., for the event, but the 30-second questions were beamed in from all over the country via the Internet. Nearly 3,000 people submitted video clips, which were culled by a team of CNN political analysts.
A similar debate for the Republican candidates is scheduled for Nov. 28.
For those who didn’t watch, the Democratic debate featured a variety of speakers and questions, including one from two lesbians asking candidates if they’d allow the women to marry each other and another about global warming asked by a snowman.
A recap is available at www.youtube.com/democraticdebate.
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.”
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On July 23, Democratic presidential contenders waded deep into the waters of this new world during the first debate co-sponsored by CNN and YouTube, a video-sharing Web site with millions of virtual participants.
The candidates were physically gathered at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., for the event, but the 30-second questions were beamed in from all over the country via the Internet. Nearly 3,000 people submitted video clips, which were culled by a team of CNN political analysts.
A similar debate for the Republican candidates is scheduled for Nov. 28.
For those who didn’t watch, the Democratic debate featured a variety of speakers and questions, including one from two lesbians asking candidates if they’d allow the women to marry each other and another about global warming asked by a snowman.
A recap is available at www.youtube.com/democraticdebate.
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.”
OurTube
On July 23, Democratic presidential contenders waded deep into the waters of this new world during the first debate co-sponsored by CNN and YouTube, a video-sharing Web site with millions of virtual participants.
The candidates were physically gathered at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., for the event, but the 30-second questions were beamed in from all over the country via the Internet. Nearly 3,000 people submitted video clips, which were culled by a team of CNN political analysts.
A similar debate for the Republican candidates is scheduled for Nov. 28.
For those who didn’t watch, the Democratic debate featured a variety of speakers and questions, including one from two lesbians asking candidates if they’d allow the women to marry each other and another about global warming asked by a snowman.
A recap is available at www.youtube.com/democraticdebate.
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.”
