From counter sit-ins to online sit-ins
The front page of the San Francisco Chronicle today featured an article about Obama (not uncommon this year), but the neat part was the mention it gave to bloggers, facebookers, and myspacers. Many people have been commenting lately on how much organizing for Obama has taken place online. At times I feel like my generation (of twenty-some-year-olds) is much more disassociated from politics than my parent's generation, but reading about the massive online political movement going on now is rejuvinating and inspiring. We may no longer see people protesting in the streets, but we sure will read their verbal wrath in the blogosphere!
Part of the article:
"Indeed, said Winograd and Hais, younger voters are increasingly more likely to question - and openly dismiss - the old rules of the "gotcha" politics game. Practically born networking on social sites like Facebook and MySpace, "their attitude regarding the media is, 'Who anointed them the experts?' " said Hais, who is credited with identifying the power of "wired" tech workers in his research as a marketing executive. " 'I'd rather pay attention to my friends online, and we'll decide what we think."
