Social Media and 2008 Canadian Election: A Conversation with Amber Mac
This is the latest in a series of posts examining social media, social networking and how the tools are being used in the 2008 Canadian Federal Election Campaign.
I am working on an article about social media and the Canadian campaign for 24hrs this week. I’ve been hitting up some of the best SocMed minds in the country, this afternoon I got to grab 5 minutes out of Amber Mac’s day and we chatted about how Obama is using social media vs the Canadian parties.
Our conclusion – nice try Canada, but it’s too little and waaaaay too late.
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Tags: 2008 canadian election, geek, politics
I agree that this Web 2.0 stuff is mediocre at best. Obama rally shows us how it’s done.
This series of posts naively presupposes that social media systems are an efficient method for communicating with actual voters.
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