Michael Jonas suggests in today’s Globe that social networking on the internet, and especially “Dear Friend,” emails are supplanting TV and local political leaders as the driving force in politics:
For all the talk of Tuesday’s primary as a battle between the big-name Massachusetts endorsers who were pushing the two Democratic presidential contenders, the cajoling that was happening on the ground – or, more precisely, online – may have been a more potent force.
He continues:
“The power structure of politics is undergoing a complete change,” said Morley Winograd, who served as a telecommunications adviser to Vice President Al Gore and now directs the Institute for Communication Technology Management at the University of Southern California.
What do you think? Has the advance of the BMG Borg Army been exposed? How could this possibly square with the BMG Kiss of Death, and the fact that Obama actually lost Massachusetts … in the first 2008 vote.
Honestly, I have no idea how much of each influences how much we like or dislike each candidate. I doubt that the ratios have changed much in the last 100 years though.
are usually the first i delete, and i rarely read more than enough to just register the content. i think of them as friendly spam, or “the pulse of my friends” spam, but they have zero influence on me. if someone wants to influence me, they will have to engage me in personal conversation (electronic or organic).