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Post by lothian on Jan 21, 2006 8:26:08 GMT -8
Hi there - I am a post grad student interested in viral political communication. This small board was chosen at random and I will look in from time to time to track how political ideas are disseminated over the web.
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Post by cameron on Jan 21, 2006 8:43:42 GMT -8
Hi there - I am a post grad student interested in viral political communication. This small board was chosen at random and I will look in from time to time to track how political ideas are disseminated over the web. Viral political communication? Please explain what you mean by that. |
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Post by 101ABN on Jan 21, 2006 9:43:53 GMT -8
I'm not familiar with "Viral political communication."
What college/university?
You might also note that this is a discussion board, not a "look in from time to time" board.
Members are expected to contribute something to the discussion, even if it's only an argument.
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Post by ReformedLiberal on Jan 21, 2006 10:54:30 GMT -8
Hi there - I am a post grad student interested in viral political communication. This small board was chosen at random and I will look in from time to time to track how political ideas are disseminated over the web. Viral? Throwing out insults in the first sentence? Random? How does one find this unadvertised private board at random? SPY ALERT!! |
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Post by sneegro9783 on Jan 21, 2006 15:43:36 GMT -8
that's what I'm thinking, steven.
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Post by LorSpi on Jan 22, 2006 10:32:31 GMT -8
The latest Euro fad among the intelligentsia... In the first election round the two biggest parties received almost the same amount of vote. The opposition Hungarian Socialist Party and their allies the liberals got 51%, and the governing right wing party (Fidesz - Alliance of Young Democrats) received 49% of the vote. In this situation the governing party changed strategy and started an extremely intense negative campaign.
Millions of anonymous flyers and posters spread factoids and outright lies about the socialists. New communication technologies suddenly became part of the black propaganda repertoire. In the online environment, the same black PR messages were spread in SMS and e-mail format by right wing supporters. Socialists sympathisers responded with millions of counter-SMS and e-mails.
In our paper, we named this political spamming "viral political marketing" as party enthusiasts distributed political SMS and e-mail in a viral pattern. We coined the term to indicate that the concept of "viral marketing," which is used in business marketing, can also be applied in the discussion of political campaigns...
www.netpolitique.net/php/interviews/interview24uk.php3Viral Politics
Communication in the New Media Era
'Technology is merely the infrastructure of the new media era. It is the people who are its presenters, directors and participants. It is a communications environment where culture has shifted and expectations have increased. It is an environment to which politics has yet to adapt...If politics doesn't re-learn how to aim its messages at new generations with wholly different expectations, then it will become increasingly disengaged.'
The inexorable replacement of mass media with new media has dramatically affected the way we live, but political and corporate processes have been slow to adapt to the new communications culture. Viral Politics is the first book to address the key areas where that adaptation must be accelerated:
- constructing an engaged dialogue between politicians and the electorate
- campaigning through new media
- internet polling
- how e-consultation can deliver better public services
- protecting corporate reputation through new media
Viral Politics Communication in the New Media Era 'Technology is merely the infrastructure of the new media era. It is the people who are its presenters, directors and participants. It is a communications environment where culture has shifted and expectations have increased. It is an environment to which politics has yet to adapt...If politics doesn't re-learn how to aim its messages at new generations with wholly different expectations, then it will become increasingly disengaged.' The inexorable replacement of mass media with new media has dramatically affected the way we live, but political and corporate processes have been slow to adapt to the new communications culture. Viral Politics is the first book to address the key areas where that adaptation must be accelerated: - constructing an engaged dialogue between politicians and the electorate - campaigning through new media - internet polling - how e-consultation can deliver better public services - protecting corporate reputation through new media |
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Post by ReformedLiberal on Jan 22, 2006 14:53:27 GMT -8
I prefer to think of what we do here as verile.   ;D |
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Post by LorSpi on Jan 22, 2006 16:14:26 GMT -8
I prefer to think of what we do here as verile. ;D Lots of sweat and grunting...  |
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Post by ReformedLiberal on Jan 22, 2006 16:26:31 GMT -8
LOL  |
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Post by cameron on Jan 22, 2006 17:19:59 GMT -8
hahahahahahaha Where did you get that Lor? That was an interesting read for me though, I must admit. The Internet has changed the political landscape more than most people realize, and will continue to do so. Canadians go to the polls tomorrow and the only question is will the Tories win enough seats for a majority government. The Liberal strangle hold on the the dissemination of news being broken by bloggers and the Internet is a real reason why IMHO. The Globe and Mail broke a bogus story of a Liberal resurgence it was discussed over the net and debunked before noon. With blogs making fun of and doing parodies before dinner. Stuff like that never used to happen. In case anyone is interested this is a link to NealeNews the Canadian version of Drudge.
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Post by tits on Jan 22, 2006 17:54:33 GMT -8
 Remember, some EU socialist on THC used to post inflammatory comments just waiting for someone to make the "Nazi" rebuttal. The use of insulting analogies such as calling a political party or person a Nazi is known as the Godwin’s Law. It turned out that Godwin is an attorney who noticed that political discussion quickly lost objectivity and resorted to name calling and inevitably someone calling the other’s political allegiance a Nazi. He is the editor for some electronic news agency. The concept expanded to any use of the Nazi analogy for any discussion which turned to intolerance. Look at how many people on THC and in the Arab world call GW Bush a Nazi. Every misstep by America in this war has resulted in someone from the Left or the Arab world calling Bush Hitler. To me, this is an insult not only to the survivors of the Nazi genocide and Holocaust, but to all who seriously study history and human nature. But, the slander seldom comes from either of those two classes of people. I would wager that this is pre-doc student in their mid to late 20s with dual majors in sociology and political science. I would also wager that you could assertain their true self after reading a few dozen of their posts. At the appropriate time, a well placed jab will result in a response. However, this person may be working on a pre-doc dissertation and be only trolling. It would be good to see if they volunteer anything on the other politically based pages they frequent. I would be interested in what they perceive about the spread of belief-perservence and the spread of false rumors by the more liberal pages. An observation that was taught at a risk communication course several years ago dealt with the use of false or ambiguious statements to sway public opinion. In general, the concept is that most people are arrogantly ignorant and are proud of it. That a well placed falsehood repeated by three persons we consider authoritative will make it "truth". This is the basic tactic of the political ad media. They never come out and make a true liable statement, rather they cast a question in such a way that it appears as a factual statement. The next day, that implied truth is repeated by a number of people we consider respectable, and viola, the lie takes on a truth of its own. In the Kerry campaign, the concept that Bush barely made it through Yale with a C average and that Kerry was an honor student. Even when the truth came out last year that Bush graduated with a class overage of 77% and Kerry with a 75%, the concept that Bush is a drunken idiot and Kerry was an intellectual still prevails. People seek to surround themselves with like minded people who either intentionally or unintentionally fall into a belief-perserverance that often has little resemblance with fact. I would be interested in chatting with this person. |
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Post by 101ABN on Jan 22, 2006 18:38:26 GMT -8
I prefer to think of what we do here as verile. ;D Lots of sweat and grunting... Oogh! Oogh! Great cover, Lor! |
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Post by LorSpi on Jan 22, 2006 21:53:25 GMT -8
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Post by cameron on Jan 22, 2006 22:00:03 GMT -8
Thanks Lor  |
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Post by Merceditas on Jan 23, 2006 7:42:02 GMT -8
hahahahahahaha Where did you get that Lor? That was an interesting read for me though, I must admit. The Internet has changed the political landscape more than most people realize, and will continue to do so. Canadians go to the polls tomorrow and the only question is will the Tories win enough seats for a majority government. The Liberal strangle hold on the the dissemination of news being broken by bloggers and the Internet is a real reason why IMHO. The Globe and Mail broke a bogus story of a Liberal resurgence it was discussed over the net and debunked before noon. With blogs making fun of and doing parodies before dinner. Stuff like that never used to happen. In case anyone is interested this is a link to NealeNews the Canadian version of Drudge.
nealenewsThanks for that link, Cameron!!!  |
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