Internet and Politics

Year 2009 has changed a lot in the way people perceive the correlation between Internet and the politics; the main event is the American president elections and how well Obama and his PR managers used Internet for presidential campaign.

Nowadays, we all can feel how fast the technology is developing. Internet today is the most common medium used by people, some even relay on Internet sources more than on newspapers and magazines, in my opinion this people are doing the right thing. Why do you need to spend money and by newspapers when you can access exactly the same information online? (Finally, lets thing about nature and save the trees). Nowadays, the Internet sources even provide us videos of the issue you are interested in, it can be an interview or the description of the event and this means that you do not even have to READ just listen and absorb.

Obama is a clever man, but honestly I think that it was not his idea to use Internet as a main source to get people's attention and attract them. It was an idea of a highly qualified PR managers and how saw the huge opportunity of using the Internet as a main weapon in the elections; moreover, I thing that a lot of research was done before the starting of the campaign, in order to see whether American people are ready or not to accept political information online. You see, politics is not a joke, it is not something like online shopping. Moreover, it is a PRESIDENT election.

So what I am trying to say here is that, Internet politics is a very new phenomenon, which appeared after a very careful analysis of people's attitudes towards Internet and what kind of information they are seeking online. The first experience is extremely successful: Obama has 'conquered' the whole country; moreover, he gave people a hope for future.

In year 2008 there was an elections in my country and they are the extreme opposite to American one's. Honestly, it makes me laugh when I compare this two. Firstly, let's watch this video



Ok, not only Dmitry Medvedev had rejected to take part in TV debates, but also he rejected all mass medium to get to people.

1. There was no political campaigns created for president elections or I might just do not know about their existence.

You see the problem is that people we not familiar with the candidates intentions.

2. The elections were not covered enough in mass media.

3. Forget about the Internet for the Russian elections.

THE ONLU ONE THING WHAT I CAN SAY FOR SURE IS THAT IS HAS ALREADY BEEN DECIDED WHO WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT. PEOPLE'S OPINIONS IS NOTHING. SO WHY MONEY HAS TO BE SPEND ON STUPID POLITICAL COMPAIGNS?