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In three pages this paper discusses how each presidential candidate employed technologies in their respective campaigns and how the mastery of new technologies helped Barack Obama to win the election. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.
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before, the presidential campaigns of Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain were powered by technology to achieve instant communication with potential voters, even occasionally bypassing the conventional media. For
example, when Barack Obama announced he had selected Delaware Senator Joe Biden to be his running mate, he first announced his choice in a text message to supporters who had
registered their email addresses and phone numbers (Yadav). A Pew Internet Project report reveals that a record number of Americans (46 percent) have the Internet, email, or cell phones
to receive election campaign updates (Sindat). These technologies provide Americans with information on the candidates through policy statement videos, voter databases with breakdowns according to demographics and age, and
social networking websites such as MySpace and Facebook (Sindat). Perhaps more than any other technology in Campaign 08, "The Internet has turned presidential politics into a fully interactive event"
(Scherer and Newton-Small 34). Both Obama and McCain established campaign websites that were fully interactive and included detailed positions on the issues, voter registration information, and candidate merchandise (Yadav).
The respective campaigns also established their presences on so-called social media websites as MySpace and Facebook to appeal to younger voters and encourage the sharing of videos on YouTube
and Brightcove (Yadav). Early in his campaign, Barack Obama acknowledged the importance of utilizing technologies by making them its centerpiece based upon the recommendations of Stanford University law professor Lawrence
Lessig (Talbot 78). By the fall of 2007 and well before other announced candidates at the time, Obama had formulated an extensive technology agenda that included telecommunications and even
advertising on video games. Obamas campaign strategically placed campaign ads on 18 popular video games, including the best-sellers Madden 09 and Guitar Hero (Yadav). In addition, Obamas campaign
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