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I thought Main Stream Media were the sworn enemy of bloggers. What happened?
I mentioned awhile back that the internet elected Obama as president this year. That is true, but was this really an internet phenomenon or was it just people online doing the same thing they do offline? Were we all just echoing what MSM told us to say?
Blogs became famous for, among other things, original investigative reporting, and giving voice to first hand accounts that the media was ignoring. This year it seems like the A-list and a good bit of the rest of the bloggers (that I read at least) were talking about the latest article in the NYT or the documentary on FOX.
Am I reading the wrong blogs or has the blogosphere become an echo chamber for the big media companies, aka main stream media (MSM)?
Hat tip to Jeremiah Owyang for getting me thinking about this.
Barack Obama is a media machine: TV, social media like change.gov and two books. Politics is a lot like marketing
jowyang – 6 minutes ago
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Politics a LOT like marketing??? It is marketing. It is selling a person and/or an idea to the general public. And it takes a certain type of personality to put yourself before the public and say Choose me. It’s not for the faint hearted or sensitive souls. Tho some who seem the most rockhard are really not; it’s just a defense shield to protect.
My blog is who I am..same person there and live. NABLOPOMO
Obama is a phenomenal communicator who captured the imagination of the public, or a very large part of it anyway. Everybody was talking about him. Politicians like him don’t come along very often, so I’m not sure what media statistics or anecdotal perceptions tells us about politics and/or social media in general. It might actually be more illuminating to study the issue in the context of a lesser political battle such as the Coleman-Franken battle in MN.
Did you see his address to congress today? The Big-O hit another home run again. It’s nice to see someone like Obama who actually cares about Americans and the middle class in office, as opposed to the rich spoiled brat who was the incumbent. I’m glad that he is so focused on getting the country back on track. First he tackled the recession and stimulus and next he will actually try to handle health care and energy.
Preseident Obama is a great speaker and is now one of the most influential men in the world. That is news in itself so it is not surprising that he was largely covered and popular on the internet. That is a great way to appeal to a large audience.
I thought Main Stream Media were the sworn enemy of bloggers.
I think so.
Obama (and his people) were smart in their approach, they embraced social media rather than largely ignoring it the way McCain did, and I think this had something to do with his popularity (though there were obviously other factors as well).