Title: 9 Ways to Watch the Vice Presidential Debate
Source: http://mashable.com/2012/10/11/watch-debate-online/
Date: October 11, 2012
With it being an election year here in the U.S., I'm always fascinated by how much people use their personal social media accounts to discuss or debate the candidates and the issues. It seems everyday my Facebook feed consists of one election-related post after another. Personally, there are two things that I choose not to discuss with my friends: politics and money. Money is something a lot of people probably don't like to talk about with friends, but that doesn't seem to be the case for politics for others. Regardless of where you fall in the political spectrum, the debate nowadays is especially contentious. Open debate of the issues and the candidates is obviously a good thing don't get wrong, but when you expand the debate to social media and open up the discussion to friends and family, I believe it becomes less of an actual debate and more of a platform for someone to promote their position. I'm not exactly sure how or why I came to this conclusion - maybe it's the faceless nature of social media. Or the lack of accountability for what you say. Or how easy it is to post something. Or maybe it's just me...
I'd agree with this wholeheartedly! Rather than utilizing social media to promote debate or even raise awareness about issues and positions both sides use it to slander.
ReplyDeleteHere is a great article that calls this election the "Social Media Election" ...
http://newsroom.cisco.com/feature/1006785/2012-The-Social-Media-Election-
The Obama campaign is using digital tools to reach voters at almost four times the rate of the Romney campaign.
As would be logical data plays a big role as it relates to voter information, habits and actionable insights that will prove key to sway that undecided vote