President-elect Barack Obama will add a new media wrinkle Saturday to his weekly radio address: the first YouTube video version, to be posted on his transition site.
It's the first visible result of a major transition-team effort to make Obama's conversations with the electorate more direct. In addition, members and supporters of the White House media upgrade want more input opportunities for the public.
Many of the changes, if adopted, also would Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
14
Nov
12
During the course of his 21-month election campaign, Mr Obama amassed the
email addresses of more than 10 million supporters, 3.1 million of whom
donated money.
He is likely to become the first president to master mass communication via
the internet, just as President John F Kennedy was known as the first
television president.
Joe Trippi, a Democratic strategist pioneered the use of the internet during
the 2004 presidential nomination Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
10
WASHINGTON — Get ready for presidential fireside chats on YouTube. And how about Barack Obama "friending" thousands of members on a "myWhiteHouse" social network that could help get legislation passed?
Just as Franklin Roosevelt used the new technology of radio and John Kennedy grasped the power of television, Barack Obama is poised like no president before him to embrace the Internet as an innovative way to communicate, attract support and Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
7
He's not even in office yet, but President-Elect
may already be in the throws of tech conflict. Our first Internet President, as he's being called, is a strong proponent of Net Neutrality and the openness of the Internet. In fact, this Internet presidency promises unheard of administrative transparency and the possibility that scads of data will be available online. That's good, right?
Not so fast. Some, like CNet's Michael Horowitz, think that Read the rest of this entry »