Image Source: the National Archives of the United States
http://todaysdocument.tumblr.com/
Despite residing in Canada, the battle for President of the United States was inescapable thanks to Facebook and social media. It was common for friends of friends to wage comment wars. Despite an individual’s political beliefs, one thing everyone could be excited about was the end of the election related interactions on social media.
Social media presents the opportunity to make a public statement about beliefs once held for election day. Now people can declare themselves a fan of Obama, Romney or Binders Full of Women. After the end of the elections political statements linger on Facebook begging the question, should losers lose their likes?
After Mitt Romney lost the presidential election last week, he has been hemorrhaging likes from his Facebook page. According to CCN, Romney’s Facebook page loses eleven likes a minute. The rapid loss has also inspired the website “Disappearing Romney”, where you can watch the Likes disappear in real time.
2012 was the second race for the oval office with social media. It’s easy to forget that social media isn’t brand new. In 2008, Obama has a Myspace account along with his Twitter and Facebook. Tracking the tweet count during this years race wasn’t shocking as it may have been in 2008. This year, it was simply the status quo. This doesn’t mean the next election will be social media free. If anything the 2016 will move further into the internet, social media will be the majority of media created. CNET
predicts that the 2024 election will take place entirely online, “”The entire thing, front to back, all the advertising, and most likely including voting itself.”What do you think was the impact of social media in this latest election? If candidates can be liked today and disliked tomorrow, what might be in store for 2024?
People said…