Comments on: Obama’s New Media Guy Shares Learnings http://newteevee.com/2008/07/17/obamas-new-media-guy-shares-learnings/ NewTeeVee Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:45:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anti Obama.net http://newteevee.com/2008/07/17/obamas-new-media-guy-shares-learnings/#comment-242292 Anti Obama.net Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:08:59 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=4787#comment-242292 <p>Political harnessing of the capabilities of the internet just follow whatever technology is available at the time. The job of the people in charge is to best avail that technology, but its not a huge secret what is going to be effective.</p> Political harnessing of the capabilities of the internet just follow whatever technology is available at the time. The job of the people in charge is to best avail that technology, but its not a huge secret what is going to be effective.

]]> By: Liz Gannes http://newteevee.com/2008/07/17/obamas-new-media-guy-shares-learnings/#comment-241338 Liz Gannes Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:19:27 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=4787#comment-241338 <p>Smart comments, Nalts.</p> Smart comments, Nalts.

]]> By: Kevin Nalts http://newteevee.com/2008/07/17/obamas-new-media-guy-shares-learnings/#comment-241323 Kevin Nalts Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:58:40 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=4787#comment-241323 <p>I'm finding it hysterical that we've all adopted the term "authenticity" to equate to shitty production values. Stop and realize how ridiculous that is for a moment. It took a linguist who stopped me after a conference to raise my attention to it (it's almost as bad as "monetize" becoming a verb).</p> <p>Back to Obama- I have to say that I think that he was a beneficiary of timing even if there was some good planning/execution. We wanted a leader that wouldn't make us vomit in the back of our throats, and he was the least offensive of the choices. It helps that he's charasmatic and good looking. That's why his raw footage popped on the "most watched" and Hillary's most viewed videos were almost always parodies. And I long stopped viewing any video titled Bush.</p> <p>So I'm giving Obama a B plus. If he had shown a little Mike Gravel-like energy to social media, he'd get an A. But he didn't talk directly to people via video (just public speeches), he didn't interact with online-video folks (like... um... Obama girl), and he didn't really have a presence except that created by his supporters.</p> <p>My two cents.</p> I’m finding it hysterical that we’ve all adopted the term “authenticity” to equate to shitty production values. Stop and realize how ridiculous that is for a moment. It took a linguist who stopped me after a conference to raise my attention to it (it’s almost as bad as “monetize” becoming a verb).

Back to Obama- I have to say that I think that he was a beneficiary of timing even if there was some good planning/execution. We wanted a leader that wouldn’t make us vomit in the back of our throats, and he was the least offensive of the choices. It helps that he’s charasmatic and good looking. That’s why his raw footage popped on the “most watched” and Hillary’s most viewed videos were almost always parodies. And I long stopped viewing any video titled Bush.

So I’m giving Obama a B plus. If he had shown a little Mike Gravel-like energy to social media, he’d get an A. But he didn’t talk directly to people via video (just public speeches), he didn’t interact with online-video folks (like… um… Obama girl), and he didn’t really have a presence except that created by his supporters.

My two cents.

]]> By: Obama And Social Media « i C P G http://newteevee.com/2008/07/17/obamas-new-media-guy-shares-learnings/#comment-241320 Obama And Social Media « i C P G Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:38:42 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=4787#comment-241320 <p>[...] Today one of my favorite new bloggers, Liz Gannes at NewTeeVee, has a great post with more details of how the Obama campaign is using social media. [...]</p> [...] Today one of my favorite new bloggers, Liz Gannes at NewTeeVee, has a great post with more details of how the Obama campaign is using social media. [...]

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