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The Internet and
PoliticsWhy does it matter and how do you use it to your
advantage?
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Why should politics
matter to you... Soon you will enter college/the workforce and will realize how fast money
comes into your hands...you will also
learn how fast it gets taken away. Government decides where your
money goes, if you vote for someone
with similar ideas as you, your
precious tax money will be more likely
to go to support ideas and views that
are relevant to you.
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Youre in High
School... You may be newly 18 and are possiblyapproaching your first election
VOTING IS IMPORTANT But how do you decide whatcandidates/political views support your
values and what you believe?
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How do you findwho will support
your political views?
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THE INTERNET! Blogs Candidate websites Social networking sites Newspaper websites
podcasts
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According to the Pew
Research Institute..... Nearly one in five (18%) internet users posted their thoughts,
comments or questions about the campaign on an online forum such
as a blog or social networking site.
Fully 45% of internet users went online to watch a video related to thecampaign.
One in three internet users forwarded political content to others.Indeed, the sharing of political content increased notably over the
course of the 2008 election cycle. Young voters continued to engage
heavily in the political debate on social networking sites. Fully 83% ofthose age 18-24 have a social networking profile, and two-thirds of
young profile owners took part in some form of political activity on
these sites in 2008.
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Now... The internet is key!
Fundraising power Able to reach more of the masses Able to reach a younger audience
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But be careful!! Some sites may try to trick you...
Blogs pass opinions off as informationthat is factual Videos that are on sites likeYoutube.com are edited to make
election candidates appear morepositive or negative depending on
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....also be careful BIASES!
Some say the media in general has aliberal bias John Stewart and Stephen Colbert
The New York Times
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Activity What sites where easier to find? The
positive or negative?
Does the negative information seemfactual?
Does any of the information you found(positive or negative) change your mindabout the party you researched?
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But biases work for
all parties! Republican blogs Viral Obama terrorist email Shirley Sherrod incident
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/23/fox-news-shirley-sherrod_n_657512.html
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Pundits Democrat and Republican
Stewart/Colberthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5pK7sK0i4A&feature=related
OReily/Limbaugh
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Activity! See how the media can trick you? Becareful what you read and always
consider the source Hint: A blogger who is Pro-Obama
will not have the nicest things to say
about Michelle Bachman
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e ng po ca y
active used to bedangerous... Before: students would rally, go to jail,
get tear gassed, and get into fights in
the name of politics...
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Now you can be an activist from
the comfort of your couch! Create your own blog post thoughts on Twitter/Facebook
Terrorize other blogs Donate
Find out how to volunteer for yourpreferred politcal party
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Before... If you missed an important debate, you
could read about it the next day in the
news. Hopefully it would be the truth,
and not someones journalistic
interpretation of what was said.
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Now... Debates are posted everywhere.
People can go on sites like Youtube to
find unedited debates and speechesfrom politicians
This helps impact political messages
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However.... People will also post the not-so-smart
things politicians say.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ev
NJWM_NDg
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The internet gives
you a voice
People post their support on Facebook,Twitter, and other blogs and microblogs You dont have to say who you voted
for either...but it may help your
candidate
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Not Red or Blue Green Party Tea Party
Independent Lots that most people dont know
about
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_State
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Class Poll If/when you vote will you tout an I
voted sticker on your wall?
If/when you vote will you say who youvoted for?
During election time will you endorseyour preferred candidate through socialmedia?
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So to sum it up... You can learn a lot of really great things
on the internet
Use the internet as a way to beinformed about the government and
help to form your views...
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but.... BE CAREFUL!
Some politics are want to get youover to their side, be it right or left. So
view everything you see with a critical
eye!