There is no longer any doubt that the Internet is changing politics and campaigning in the United States and around the world. An interesting twist that’s coming up during this year’s election mania is, of course, YouTube. I haven’t always been a huge fan of YouTube, in part because of the quantity of crap that’s out there. I don’t really want to watch someone try to light their farts on fire or watch some of the inane “America’s Funniest Home Video” rejects that make frequent appearances.
But recent emails from MoveOn.org have contained a variety of interesting videos from amateur campaign coverage to this music video tribute to one of Barack Obama’s more rousing speeches. YouTube is not only here to stay, but it seems that its presence in the political arena will continue to grow, further blurring the line between politics and pop-culture. I’ll leave it to historians to decide if this is a good thing or a bad thing, but it certainly is interesting.
1 comment
Crunchy Domestic Goddess says:
February 4, 2008 at 8:47 pm (UTC 2 )
ha ha, i just posted about this too, though i took a different angle.
i saw the video a few days before moveon sent it out and i was quite impressed as it was the first time i’d heard this speech.