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Youtube and politics?

I may be a little late on this since I was watching a rerun broadcast. CNN and Youtube teamed up for the presidential debates. WOW!

As in everything there are pros and cons. I think it is great that anyone with a camera and a computer can present a question however, was the motivation for this a marketing strategy or to empower a community?

One thing for sure, broadband media is affecting our culture in a huge way. As Phil Cooke wrote: If we aren’t aware of the changes happening around us, we’ll be caught off guard when the media tsunami hits…

Any thoughts?

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  • http://philcooke.com Phil Cooke

    Mark’s right – digital media will forever change politics. However, the transition will lose something important in the process. The series of Lincoln – Douglas debates for President in the 1850′s would often last 3-4 four hours each. Sometimes presidential candidates would speak for 4 hours during a campaign stop. What have we lost in our sound-bite world? The leader of the most powerful country on the planet will get picked by people asking random questions and listening to 2-3 minute responses. Hardly the in-depth exploration of the issues that audiences of the past were exposed to…