When I read the afterword in Trippi's book I really felt sorry for him, in several ways. First because of his health condition and second because he kinda missed the big revolution. He had a really great campaign with Dean in 2004 but he was not really part of the presidential race in 2008. The way Obama's campaign developed must have been Trippi's vision back then in 2004. The way democray worked was exactly what he had in mind.
In the afterword he talks about the change of media usage especially about the increase of bloggers. that is the greatest development because there are many million bloggers now who connect through the internet. Trippi calls it the blogosphere. for him those bloggers are most important in the presdential race, they decide which way the campaign is going. this is the start of bottom-up campaigns which are developed by the people and follow their ideas and only the people decide who will be a candidate and not the money.
The social networks become more important and a lot of people connect with others and this connection creates a democracy itself. People want to talk about their thoughts and create their own stuff on the internet. they simply participate!
For me it seems that the media is unstoppable right now. I learn new things every week and I am sure that until the next campaigns in 2012 there will be even new stuff to participate
Montag, 6. Juli 2009
Sonntag, 5. Juli 2009
Deanie Babies
The Deanie Babies were some really great phenomenon back in 2004. The young people started being involved in political campaigning. Even if they were not that political interested. Here is a nice article about the Deanie Babes http://www.thenation.com/doc/20040329/kamenetz
In my eyes this engagement and voulunteer work is really great. I actually cannot imagine that in Germany, though. Not a lot of people would leave school or University to work for a political candidate. The interest in being political active is not that great, most young people do not even care about politics at all.
The Deanie Babies helped to start the internet revoultion in campaining and this trend went on with the Obama campaign. Young people started being political active more and more. Sometimes I just wonder how the internet just helped to get people being involved again and work as a volunteer.
In my eyes this engagement and voulunteer work is really great. I actually cannot imagine that in Germany, though. Not a lot of people would leave school or University to work for a political candidate. The interest in being political active is not that great, most young people do not even care about politics at all.
The Deanie Babies helped to start the internet revoultion in campaining and this trend went on with the Obama campaign. Young people started being political active more and more. Sometimes I just wonder how the internet just helped to get people being involved again and work as a volunteer.
Users around the world
Last class we talked about what kind of internet users there are. there are huge differences between the age, the sex and especially the different countries. Young women use the internet very often and they participate more than men. Those often just are passive internet users and they like to watch whatildren.d ch is going on on the internet. In the US a lot of older people started using the internet to stay in touch with their family members, especially their grand children.
To find out more about users around the world, I found this page http://www.internetworldstats.com/top20.htm which shows how the internet is used around the world. I think it is not surprisng that the US and China have the first two places when it comes to percentage of internet user worldwide but I did not think that there have such a big margin to the others. On sixth place is Germany, the country with most internet users in Europe. It is also shown that the 20 TOP countries have almost 80% of the world percentage of internet user.
We should always remember that not all the people in the other countries have the possibility to use the internet. We should appreciate that we have the chance to be on-line every day!
To find out more about users around the world, I found this page http://www.internetworldstats.com/top20.htm which shows how the internet is used around the world. I think it is not surprisng that the US and China have the first two places when it comes to percentage of internet user worldwide but I did not think that there have such a big margin to the others. On sixth place is Germany, the country with most internet users in Europe. It is also shown that the 20 TOP countries have almost 80% of the world percentage of internet user.
We should always remember that not all the people in the other countries have the possibility to use the internet. We should appreciate that we have the chance to be on-line every day!
Mittwoch, 24. Juni 2009
The Bradley Effect
I have never heard about that before but I think it is an important issue that needs to be discussed. The Bradley effect is well explained here:
" The Bradley effect, less commonly called the Wilder effect, is a proposed explanation for observed discrepancies between voter opinion polls and election outcomes in some US government elections where a white candidate and a non-white candidate run against each other. The effect refers to a supposed tendency on the part of some voters to tell pollsters that they are undecided or likely to vote for a black candidate, and yet, on election day, vote for his or her white opponent. It was named for Tom Bradley, an African-American who lost the 1982 California governor’s race despite being ahead in voter polls going into the elections ".
In my eyes this effect was really important during the 2008 presidential race. People feared that Obama only got good polls because he was a black man. I understand that lots of people would like to say they will vote for a black person just because not to be seen as a racist. Especially because the US have a bad history with the black slaves. However, I think that our times should not talk about races but about the ability of a presidential candidate, whether black or white. The same could be said because of Hilary Clinton as a female candidate. People would say they vote for her because she is a woman and they want to be seen as a open person that is for equality when it comes to men and women in politics. For me the only important thing to about is the political part and it does not matter if the person is black or white or a woman or a man. People should not pay that much attention to things like the Bradley-Effect, they should instead decide because of their personal feelings and preference.
" The Bradley effect, less commonly called the Wilder effect, is a proposed explanation for observed discrepancies between voter opinion polls and election outcomes in some US government elections where a white candidate and a non-white candidate run against each other. The effect refers to a supposed tendency on the part of some voters to tell pollsters that they are undecided or likely to vote for a black candidate, and yet, on election day, vote for his or her white opponent. It was named for Tom Bradley, an African-American who lost the 1982 California governor’s race despite being ahead in voter polls going into the elections ".
In my eyes this effect was really important during the 2008 presidential race. People feared that Obama only got good polls because he was a black man. I understand that lots of people would like to say they will vote for a black person just because not to be seen as a racist. Especially because the US have a bad history with the black slaves. However, I think that our times should not talk about races but about the ability of a presidential candidate, whether black or white. The same could be said because of Hilary Clinton as a female candidate. People would say they vote for her because she is a woman and they want to be seen as a open person that is for equality when it comes to men and women in politics. For me the only important thing to about is the political part and it does not matter if the person is black or white or a woman or a man. People should not pay that much attention to things like the Bradley-Effect, they should instead decide because of their personal feelings and preference.
What kind of tech user am I?
I was doing a test on the internet about what kind of tech user I am. http://www.pewinternet.org/Participate/What-Kind-of-Tech-User-Are-You.aspx I did the test twice with different initial situations. The first time I imagined what I was like at the beginning of class in terms of the internet and other technical stuff.
The result was that I am "Drifting Surfer". That means I am an infrequent internet user who only gathers basic information. The digital resources are not the center how I get information, stay in touch with friends or do my job.
In my eyes this result does exactly describe myself at the beginning of the class. For me the internet was just a nice medium to find out a lot of information and to check my emails but it was not that important to me to stay in touch with people. I think that staying in touch with people is more worth if you talk in real life or meet each other. Although I have to say that it is an easy way to stay in touch with a huge amount of people.
The second time I did the test I was doing it from my point of view today I got a different result. Now it says I am an "Ambivalent Networker" which means that technical tools are important for me to run my social life. I also think that sometimes the connectivity is too intrusive.
This result is matching, too. I noticed that because of this class I spend more time on the internet. I have a blog now and I research a lot for it and write my own ideas down. I also watch more stuff on youtube which I never used to do before.
however, sometimes I still believe that it is a waste of time to spend so much time on the internet because you cannot stop that easily. You find more and more information and you open a lot of new pages and then you do not realize how much time went by already.
As a final result I would say that I like to be on the internet and love getting a lot of information but I do not rely so much on it. I still know there are more important things than spending my whole time on the internet. Real people are more important to me than all the social networks.
The result was that I am "Drifting Surfer". That means I am an infrequent internet user who only gathers basic information. The digital resources are not the center how I get information, stay in touch with friends or do my job.
In my eyes this result does exactly describe myself at the beginning of the class. For me the internet was just a nice medium to find out a lot of information and to check my emails but it was not that important to me to stay in touch with people. I think that staying in touch with people is more worth if you talk in real life or meet each other. Although I have to say that it is an easy way to stay in touch with a huge amount of people.
The second time I did the test I was doing it from my point of view today I got a different result. Now it says I am an "Ambivalent Networker" which means that technical tools are important for me to run my social life. I also think that sometimes the connectivity is too intrusive.
This result is matching, too. I noticed that because of this class I spend more time on the internet. I have a blog now and I research a lot for it and write my own ideas down. I also watch more stuff on youtube which I never used to do before.
however, sometimes I still believe that it is a waste of time to spend so much time on the internet because you cannot stop that easily. You find more and more information and you open a lot of new pages and then you do not realize how much time went by already.
As a final result I would say that I like to be on the internet and love getting a lot of information but I do not rely so much on it. I still know there are more important things than spending my whole time on the internet. Real people are more important to me than all the social networks.
Dienstag, 23. Juni 2009
Joe Trippi
The 2008 presidential race was outstanding and it was something like a revolution because it was mostly an internet campaign by Obama. But, he was not the one who started using the internet for campaiging. The one who did use it for the first time was Howard Dean in 2004, initialized by Joe Trippi. He had this brilliant idea to use the internet and get the people involved. In his book " The revolution will not be televised" he described his way as a camapign organizer and it is a really interesting story, especially when he talks about the Dean campaign. He probably never thought that his idea would turn out to be so revolutionary and he basically gave the impulse for Obama to use the internet to reach everyone. Although Dean was not that succesful in the pre-presidential race he developed something special in terms of campaigning.
Today Trippi is a really important man and a lot of people still ask him for help. He just has the ideas and is willing to to work really hard. he even risks his health to work. He loves his job but he often hates it, too. It seems that he has a love-hate-relationship with his job. he cannot resist taking a job although he knows how much work it is.
Joe Trippi is a really important person in the process of the internet as a medium for political activities!
To get more information, check this page out http://joetrippi.com/
Today Trippi is a really important man and a lot of people still ask him for help. He just has the ideas and is willing to to work really hard. he even risks his health to work. He loves his job but he often hates it, too. It seems that he has a love-hate-relationship with his job. he cannot resist taking a job although he knows how much work it is.
Joe Trippi is a really important person in the process of the internet as a medium for political activities!
To get more information, check this page out http://joetrippi.com/
Donnerstag, 18. Juni 2009
Internet Revolution in Iran
The people in Iran use the internet for reporting over the demonstrations going on. Other media like television and newspaper are controlled by the government but the internet is still free and so many people upload their videos and talk about the actual situation in Iran right now. Even the international TV stations get their information from twitter or youtube.
That kind of revolution in Iran shows how democracy is lived. all the young people want to change something and their way is the internet. People all over the world know about the latest actions happening in Iran. The whole world is part of what is happening. Because their actions are noticed from many people on the web it encourages them to write even more. We should all encourage those people by reading their stuff and giving positive feedback!!
For more information:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31411475/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/
That kind of revolution in Iran shows how democracy is lived. all the young people want to change something and their way is the internet. People all over the world know about the latest actions happening in Iran. The whole world is part of what is happening. Because their actions are noticed from many people on the web it encourages them to write even more. We should all encourage those people by reading their stuff and giving positive feedback!!
For more information:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31411475/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/
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