Comments on: #ObamaBiden2012? #RomneyRyan2012? #SocialMedia2012. http://www.webpagefx.com/blog/internet/obamabiden2012-romneyryan2012-socialmedia2012/ Web design, search engine optimization, leadership and small business advice blog. Wed, 22 May 2013 12:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Michelle Rebecca http://www.webpagefx.com/blog/internet/obamabiden2012-romneyryan2012-socialmedia2012/#comment-7473 Michelle Rebecca Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:08:00 +0000 http://www.webpagefx.com/blog/?p=4642#comment-7473 I think Twitter can be informative if you follow legitimate news sources, that's how I keep up with the big headlines! (More so than any other form of news). You're definitely right about the polarization factor. I follow people who support both candidates, but every time I see a tweet about the candidate that I DON'T support it just strengthens my support of the candidate that I DO support. But I'm really strong in my political beliefs. What I'm curious about is how much Twitter (and Facebook) can influence a voter who's interested in politics and the election, but is also on-the-fence or undecided about who they're going to vote for. Whether or not the tweets are informative or not is kind of irrelevant (sadly). A lot of people make uniformed decisions; they see a tweet or status and they believe it without researching whether or not it's true. That's a negative about social media's role in politics, but I don't think it takes away from the impact or power the medium holds in our society. I think Twitter can be informative if you follow legitimate news sources, that’s how I keep up with the big headlines! (More so than any other form of news). You’re definitely right about the polarization factor. I follow people who support both candidates, but every time I see a tweet about the candidate that I DON’T support it just strengthens my support of the candidate that I DO support.

But I’m really strong in my political beliefs. What I’m curious about is how much Twitter (and Facebook) can influence a voter who’s interested in politics and the election, but is also on-the-fence or undecided about who they’re going to vote for.

Whether or not the tweets are informative or not is kind of irrelevant (sadly). A lot of people make uniformed decisions; they see a tweet or status and they believe it without researching whether or not it’s true. That’s a negative about social media’s role in politics, but I don’t think it takes away from the impact or power the medium holds in our society.

]]> By: Trevin http://www.webpagefx.com/blog/internet/obamabiden2012-romneyryan2012-socialmedia2012/#comment-7444 Trevin Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.webpagefx.com/blog/?p=4642#comment-7444 I've actually found much of the election conversation on Twitter to be terribly uninformative. The tough thing with Twitter is that it helps further polarize everybody...Pro Obama/Romney people are likely to only follow/share other accounts that share their same views and perspective. It ends up being both sides taking to themselves and a bunch of people making the same jokes. I don't see anybody changing their opinion from discourse on Twitter, only further strengthening the views that they already have. Then again, I don't like politics to begin with so I might be overly cynical :D I’ve actually found much of the election conversation on Twitter to be terribly uninformative. The tough thing with Twitter is that it helps further polarize everybody…Pro Obama/Romney people are likely to only follow/share other accounts that share their same views and perspective. It ends up being both sides taking to themselves and a bunch of people making the same jokes. I don’t see anybody changing their opinion from discourse on Twitter, only further strengthening the views that they already have.

Then again, I don’t like politics to begin with so I might be overly cynical :D

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