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Nikkimaria (talk) 17:02, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Your contribution to the draft
I am looking forward to seeing your section today. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 17:34, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

I.	The Internet's impact on political media a.	Communication b.	E-mail II. The Internet and Elections a.	Facebook/myspace b.	Campaign Web sites III. Discussion Forums a.	Activism b.	Communication

The Internets impact on political media

The internet has given the world a tool for education, communication, and negotiation in political information and political roles. The use of the internet has greatly increasing giving more communication and education to individuals and organizations. The increase in usage can be compared to the boom of the television and its impact on politics through the media. The internet also opens up a world commentary and criticism which in turn allows for new and better ideas many people (Kaid 507). The internet gives multidirectional communication, which allows people to stay in connection with organizations or people associated with politics a little easier (Shane 89). There are many controversies of the politico-media complex being short bits of information or biased information leading to public cynicism toward the media (Kaid 509). Then there is also a positive spin on politics and the media in that; it gives us the ability to uses multiple forms of deliberation and decision making structures (Shane 89). The advancements of the internet’s impact on politics are outstanding. The internet has more current information since it is being constantly updated. Another advancement is the ability to have all information in one place, like voting records, periodicals, press releases, opinion polls, policy statements, speeches, etc. This information was all in a library at one time, and it would take longer to look information up. Political Information available on the internet covers every major activity of American politics (Kaid 2).

The boom of e-mail hit the internet in the mid 1990s as a way to keep in touch with family and friends. Different governments got a hold of this technology, and in 1993 Congress and the White House were using this as communication for the general public. During the Clinton administration a director for e-mail and electronic publishing was appointed. By the summer of 1993, the White House was receiving 800 e-mails per day. In order to deal with the influx of e-mail a more sophisticated system was put in. When an e-mail is sent there is a standard form and is easily categorized. In a six month period, at one point, there were half a million e-mails sent to the president and vice president (Davis 125).

The Internet and Global Elections The internet had given people a great resource for information about elections like: candidates, issues, and a place to give and receive opinions and ideas about elections. Since the use of the internet increases, so do the relationship with candidates and their issues. The ability of the candidates to reach as many people as they can through the internet is becoming a terrific resource in their campaigns. The presidential campaign in 1996 between President Clinton and Robert Dole was one of the first campaigns to utilize the Internet on a national level.

With so many campaigns using the Internet it raises a significant amount of money in a shorter period of time then with any other method. The web sites are set up like advertising sites. There are links to click on to watch ads, information and background on the candidate, photos from the campaign trail, schedules, donation links, etc. E-mail gives a great low-cost way of connecting with the campaign trail and voters.

In this last Presidential election of Obama verses McCain, the internet was extensively utilized by both candidates. Facebook, an internet social network, was used heavily to give people the ability to support their views and share information with their friends. Both sent out messages daily to promote themselves and the issues at hand, for leverage against the other candidate.

Discussion Forums

The internet sets up an area where people can voice their opinions and discuss political issues in an anonymous way. Some discussion forums are groups or organizations set up for a specific purpose about one issue or person in politics.

Some problems with discussion forums are the lack of personal contact, so there are people who do not take responsibility for posts. Many times online discussions lead to name calling and rude comments. Another issue of online discussion forums is the lack of an opposite view since many websites attract like minded individuals.

Blogging is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. Blogging started to become popular at the start of the millennium, and was used mostly by highly educated, highly paid, males. Around 2004 blogging became more main stream and was typically used for political interaction. Many political campaigns use this as a stake in monitoring blogs talks and actively using blogs to spread information about their candidate.

Jlw80 (talk) 18:07, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

. If you have questions about formatting, ask me or just look at how a given formatting effect is achieved in other articles. PS. in the future if you want to receive replies from me, copy your reply to my talk page (if it is addressed to me). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 18:10, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * That's a good start. Before you post it in the article, do note: 1) you need references (ultimatley, Inline references). You need wiki hyperlinks (see WP:Linking). You should not use html language like

Interarticle Connection
Hey Jess-

While I was researching my section, I came across the fact that Barack Obama gives weekly addresses to the public that you can watch on youtube, just like FDR's fireside chats, but for a new generation. I mention the fireside chats in my article, and I thought it would be nice to connect it to your section on the internet. I'm not sure what sources there are, but its something to consider.

ColleenHelen (talk) 05:18, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

GA review
Talk:Politico-media_complex. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 03:10, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

removal of useful information
Your edit here removed categories, as well as one of the sources cited. You'll probably want to undue it. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 16:28, 28 November 2009 (UTC)