This time around the General Election will be more affected by social and media than ever before, with it having an influence all its own, on politics today. The election campaigns being presently crafted by creative and media agencies will be very different from the campaigns of the past as technology and especially social [...]
It seems that Twitter and Facebook are the cause of a controversy that’s built up between media personality Rachel Maddow and Senator Scott Brown. Speculation of Maddow launching a challenge against Brown surfaced largely it seems because of Facebook and Twitter rumors, leading Brown to send a fund-raising email saying the Democrats were planning [...]
Social Media has become a part of not only everyday life, but politics as well – just ask Sarah Palin. It seems that the former governor of Alaska has taken to Facebook and Twitter to make it known who is on her political hit list for the 2010 elections.
If you’ve ever wondered when social media would come into its own regarding politics, wonder no more. Today with the Budget 2010 we saw a real example of how the two can come together, and it’s just a taste of what’s to come with the forthcoming General Election.
With the remarkable passing of the Health Care Reform Bill on Sunday night it seems that parties on both sides are now attempting to make the most of the fever-pitch of interest that surrounded it, including new candidates looking to make themselves known using sites such as Facebook.
It seems the digital election has really taken off now after news that the ‘Cash Gordon’ Twitter was hacked into and re-directed to Labour UK. However it now seems that some of the hacking went a little too far, or not depending on your viewpoint, when some of the website’s visitors were re-directed to a [...]
