Barack Obama has made it as clear as a 1080p high-definition image that he intends to be the Digital President. He used online fundraising, Facebook, text messages and YouTube to get elected, and he has an ambitious agenda that calls on technology to create jobs, clean up the environment and bring transparency to government. So why shouldn’t the media — traditional and new — break out all the digital bells and whistles at their disposal to help bring you the first draft of history regarding Obama’s Tuesday inauguration?
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Yes They Can - but So What? Media Technology and the Inauguration
Posted by: Renay San Miguel January 21, 2009 08:48 AMBarack Obama has made it as clear as a 1080p high-definition image that he intends to be the Digital President. He used online fundraising, Facebook, text messages and YouTube to get elected, and he has an ambitious agenda that calls on technology to create jobs, clean up the environment and bring transparency to government. So why shouldn’t the media — traditional and new — break out all the digital bells and whistles at their disposal to help bring you the first draft of history regarding Obama’s Tuesday inauguration?