Obama for the People

Ok. So Wikipedia is pretty much ran by the viewers. People can go into the website and look up pretty much anything and can be publicly edited by adding additional information about the topic as you please. This shows that the internet an important source because people use it to gain information, some that’s created be the users themselves. Obama and his campaign recognized that the Internet is important and a good tool to use for their campaign.

To show people that they are important to Obama by opening up blogs so the people can be heard, use of social networking between Obama and the people. This shows the people that Obama cares and wants you to be heard. The people can put their own messages, strategies, and other topics that are important to them. In this case everyone that the campaign concerns (the presidential candidate and the citizens of the U.S) are all participating to make change. Also on the Obama website you can enter your phone number to get updates and other info on Obama and the campaign.

Another form of participatory culture for when had one of Obama’s debates. He let the people who were there to ask questions and talk to Obama about issues the people wanted to talk about. This shows again that the people are number 1 in Obama’s mind. He could of just talked about what he wanted to, but he took the time to step back and let the people take over and share their interest. This again shows Obama is more worried about the people and not just himself.

The Obama campaign with the use of the Internet was to their advantage to get the people more involved, heard, feel more important, and show that their voice did matter to Obama.