Sunday, September 27, 2009
Obama
This article was crazy to think about. Until I read it, it never occurred to me how it all made sense. Thinking back on it now, I do remember how he did have numerous strategies of getting his face, speeches and so on, almost everywhere. From t-shirts, to bumper stickers and even little figurines made out to look and talk like him. People knew who he was within the short amount of time he was a senator, up until he started to run for President. His campaign was great in publicizing and giving him the exposure he needed. They worked well in targeting small communities to do some of his work for him, such as sending out e-mails and letters informing others to vote, rom the convenience of their own homes. Early on, they knew how to target individuals to vote for him or at least put his name out there. They even used Youtube. Everyone has access to Youtube and even goes on it as a source of entertainment, so of course this was a smart idea to use this website as a driving factor towards their success. Even twitter which is now the newest craze, was used to help them show his short posts daily. Ever since the beginning of his campaign, he new which strategies to use, and he utilized them well. He made technology work for his cause.
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It is certainly amazing and powerful how the internet could help people like Barack Obama to be elected as the first black president of the United States. With the technology that enables to send his messages and radical reform proposals across the world is actually mind-blowing. Even though, we constantly use the internet, we haven't stop to question how this phenomenal thing actually works. In other words, we are taking advantages in technology, which has both positive and negative contributions to our lives whether we realized it or not. The internet is a place, where people like us seriously couldn't live without it as if it's our "second life".
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