We use technology to react to things in interesting ways … well, I think so. For me, a case in point happened yesterday when certain members of the national press turned on Nick Clegg ahead of the 2nd Leaders Debate and an unexpected reply came in the form of #nickcleggsfault over on Twitter.
Essentially, a number of stories appeared in the newspapers blaming UK Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg for a whole host of different things. Rather than leap to his defence, one Twitter user took a far more creative approach and started a hashtag named #nickcleggsfault to encourage people to come up with their own suggestions! A classic viral situation if every if saw one!! …
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Social Media in the UK General Election
Well, the date of the General Election has finally been announced and now we have a month’s worth of high octane policy pushing and opposition putting down to contend with.
For me, not being a particularly political animal at the best of times, I will probably be most interested to see just how much use of online social media there is going to be, particularly following the footsteps of its heavy usage (and, at least in certain quarters, its success) in the US Presidential election campaigning of 2008.
I think that it’s fairly safe to assume that there will be much …
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| Article Tags: | Blogging, Facebook, Social Media, Social Media in General Election, UK Elections 2010 |
