Thursday, May 15, 2008
Digital Politics - Effects of the Information Age
I’ve been on the hoof in London all day, so I’ve not had a lot of time to blog. At 6.30, I’ll be at the US Embassy for live webcast of a debate on the future of digital politics online. You can pick the feed up here at the FT site. In Northern Ireland, we’re only at the beginning of this paradigm. Political representatives have as yet to make any significant use of the abounding technologies available. Projects like Councillor.info are designed to warm that space up, but it still requires greater curiousity and experiment, before we begin to see the kinds ot revolutionary turns now taking place in the States.
Mick Fealty @ 05:35 PM
http://www.plaidcymru.org/content.php?nID=14;ID=592;lID=1
Plaid not bad - a role on Cardiff City Council on You tube....
Posted by on May 15, 2008 @ 08:57 PMMick
Has there been any research done that looks at how successful the www is when it comes to political parties using it, for example in the US primaries. I have to admit I have given up even bothering with Party web sites as they are all so dour, few offing interaction.
Have you ever come across a party site of which you thought this is the future etc.[whether of the left right or centre]
Mick
Posted by on May 16, 2008 @ 07:45 AMMick H:
I think that there is a real problem with establishment bodies using the web - particularly the interactive web. It’s a good platform for individuals.
I’ve done a few short posts that touch on this - not directly, but I think you’ll see where I;m coming from. Here’s one:
http://nevertrustahippy.blogspot.com/2008/04/ho-ho-ho-frenchy-again.html
And here’s another:
http://nevertrustahippy.blogspot.com/2006/03/minister-blogging-yet-another.htmlPosted by on May 16, 2008 @ 02:53 PM
