Andrew's Notes: Politics and Technology
Video
-He says he had no control over it…is that a major concern in the future?
-The interviewer also asks if he knew anything about the internet before he went into politics…is the internet going to play a bigger role down the road when a new generation enters the political field?
-Is this a good thing for politics?
Ben Chandler
-2004 was the most important year in the history of political campaigning
-This guy does not look like much but he changed the face of political campaigning forever
-Democrat running for Congress in Kentucky
-Had absolutely no chance in winning
-Made 2000 investment Markos Moulistas who was author of Daily Kos Webblog
-Most respected political blog in Kentucky
-Market Chandler and put up donations
-Spread to other blogs and turned out to obtain a profit of 80000
-With this money he went around touring the state and going on TV
Big Media and Big Money
-Politics is in a transition phase
-Politics used to be operated around the principle of one man one vote
-Now it’s one dollar one vote
-In which dollars are spend on TV to appeal to masses
-Other examples besides Chandler
Other examples
-Arnold Schwarzanger
-We probably know more about politics than him but it does not matter in this society
-Because he had the 2 most important factors: money and media
-Not to mention he was a celebrity so people already knew him
-George Bush
-Targeted the wealthy elite to obtain big money
-Had big media because of his father
Howard Dean
-He in some ways did it better than Chandler
-Meetup
-Went to better blogs and was more outgoing than Chandler
-Personality was his strength
-Used profits on TV
-Unfortunately, his strength was also his biggest weakness and cost him the election
-Why did that cost him the election?
-It goes into Gilmores theory that the right combination of circumstances and candidate personality wins an election, not just funding
Open Source Politics
-Social Networking will revolutionize the way we follow, support and participate in politics
-Really about taking politics to the next level in terms of increasing citizen participation and producing better campaigns
-Gilmore talks about the good and bad with open source politics
-Good: Appeals to masses and gets everyone involved with the process
-Bad: It allows candidates to get personal with advertising to the point where it becomes detrimental to the candidate producing the ad, not who the ad is supposed to target
Controversial Ads
-Lyndon Johnson 1964 campaign vs. Barry Goldwater
-Carly Fiorina attacks Tom Fiscal in California Senate election
-Differences between ads and why they were detrimental to the candidate?
In Class Notes taken by PJ: We the media chapter 5
Andrew Daskalakis
No control over it.....major concern for the future?
Is the Internet going to play a bigger role down the road when a new
generation enters the political field?
Is this a good thing for politics?
Ben Chandler
2004 was the most important year in the history of political campaigning
Had absolutely no chance in winning
Made 2000 investment Markos Moulostas who was author of Daily Kos Weblog
Most respected blog in Kentucky
To market Chandler and put up donations
Spread to other blogs and obtained profit of 80 grand
Used money to tour the state and advertise on TV
Big media, Big money
Politics currently in a transition phase
Used to be operated around one man one vote principle
Now: one dollar, one vote
Dollars spent on tv to appeal to masses
Examples besides Chandler
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Two most important factors: money and media
George bush
Targeted the wealthy elite To obtain funds
Big media because of his father
Howard Dean
did it better than chandler
Meetup.com
Went to other blogs
Personality was his strength
Profits used for tv
Strength was also his biggest weakness, lost election
Rigght combo of circumstances and personality wins election, not just funding
Open Source Politics
Social networking will revolutionize the way we follow, support, and
participate in politics
Taking politics to the next level - increasing citizen participation
Producing better campaigns
Good: appeals to the masses
Bad: allows candidates to get too personal, missing target of ad
Controversial ads
Lyndson Johnson 1964 campaign
Carly Fiorna attacks Fiscal in CA senate election
Ads detrimental to candidates
Andrew's Notes:
Politics and Technology
Video
-He says he had no control over it…is that a major concern in the future?
-The interviewer also asks if he knew anything about the internet before he went into politics…is the internet going to play a bigger role down the road when a new generation enters the political field?
-Is this a good thing for politics?
Ben Chandler
-2004 was the most important year in the history of political campaigning
-This guy does not look like much but he changed the face of political campaigning forever
-Democrat running for Congress in Kentucky
-Had absolutely no chance in winning
-Made 2000 investment Markos Moulistas who was author of Daily Kos Webblog
-Most respected political blog in Kentucky
-Market Chandler and put up donations
-Spread to other blogs and turned out to obtain a profit of 80000
-With this money he went around touring the state and going on TV
Big Media and Big Money
-Politics is in a transition phase
-Politics used to be operated around the principle of one man one vote
-Now it’s one dollar one vote
-In which dollars are spend on TV to appeal to masses
-Other examples besides Chandler
Other examples
-Arnold Schwarzanger
-We probably know more about politics than him but it does not matter in this society
-Because he had the 2 most important factors: money and media
-Not to mention he was a celebrity so people already knew him
-George Bush
-Targeted the wealthy elite to obtain big money
-Had big media because of his father
Howard Dean
-He in some ways did it better than Chandler
-Meetup
-Went to better blogs and was more outgoing than Chandler
-Personality was his strength
-Used profits on TV
-Unfortunately, his strength was also his biggest weakness and cost him the election
-Why did that cost him the election?
-It goes into Gilmores theory that the right combination of circumstances and candidate personality wins an election, not just funding
Open Source Politics
-Social Networking will revolutionize the way we follow, support and participate in politics
-Really about taking politics to the next level in terms of increasing citizen participation and producing better campaigns
-Gilmore talks about the good and bad with open source politics
-Good: Appeals to masses and gets everyone involved with the process
-Bad: It allows candidates to get personal with advertising to the point where it becomes detrimental to the candidate producing the ad, not who the ad is supposed to target
Controversial Ads
-Lyndon Johnson 1964 campaign vs. Barry Goldwater
-Carly Fiorina attacks Tom Fiscal in California Senate election
-Differences between ads and why they were detrimental to the candidate?
In Class Notes taken by PJ:
We the media chapter 5
Andrew Daskalakis
No control over it.....major concern for the future?
Is the Internet going to play a bigger role down the road when a new
generation enters the political field?
Is this a good thing for politics?
Ben Chandler
2004 was the most important year in the history of political campaigning
Had absolutely no chance in winning
Made 2000 investment Markos Moulostas who was author of Daily Kos Weblog
Most respected blog in Kentucky
To market Chandler and put up donations
Spread to other blogs and obtained profit of 80 grand
Used money to tour the state and advertise on TV
Big media, Big money
Politics currently in a transition phase
Used to be operated around one man one vote principle
Now: one dollar, one vote
Dollars spent on tv to appeal to masses
Examples besides Chandler
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Two most important factors: money and media
George bush
Targeted the wealthy elite To obtain funds
Big media because of his father
Howard Dean
did it better than chandler
Meetup.com
Went to other blogs
Personality was his strength
Profits used for tv
Strength was also his biggest weakness, lost election
Rigght combo of circumstances and personality wins election, not just funding
Open Source Politics
Social networking will revolutionize the way we follow, support, and
participate in politics
Taking politics to the next level - increasing citizen participation
Producing better campaigns
Good: appeals to the masses
Bad: allows candidates to get too personal, missing target of ad
Controversial ads
Lyndson Johnson 1964 campaign
Carly Fiorna attacks Fiscal in CA senate election
Ads detrimental to candidates