Posts Tagged ‘Voting’

Social Media Show Limitations as Egypt’s Elections Loom

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For obvious reasons, Egypt’s military rulers adopted social media soon after taking power by launching a Facebook page to detail their plans. They also use the site to occasionally announce major news before it appears anywhere else. Even the cabinet, Interior Ministry and other state organization have made their presence on Facebook known.

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Study: Voters Expect Politicians to be Active on Social Networks…Are they Listening?

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If politicians really are for the people, they should listen to the results of the latest survey from E-Voter Institute: voters overwhelmingly expect politicians to be actively using social media of all types when campaigning. Campaign websites, blogs, video, Twitter… these are all types of political communication that the majority voters expect from all politicians today, not just something they think should come from younger or more tech-savvy politicians. We take a look at some of the result from the E-Voter Institute survey below the jump.
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