Rohan Jaitley: Central Gov't Standing Counsel for Justice
Social Media And Popular Elections
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13. There was a recent article in the New York Times that includes several rich media features on the election in Afghanistan. They are summarized on the next few slides http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/world/asia/22afghan.html?_r=1&8au&emc=au Abdullah Abdullah (rival candidate) President Hamid Karzai
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India: http://blog.lkadvani.in/ BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani started a blog Iran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Vs. Hossein Mousavi Twitter People turning their profile pics green Mashable.com claiming that they were getting early reports of the elections being rigged http://www.casavaria.com/cafesentido/2009/06/28/3283/kalemeh-mousavis-web-site-shut-down-by-iranian-authorities/ - Iranian officials shut down Mousavi website Mousavi encourages his supporters to rise up in non-violence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_presidential_election,_2009 European Parliament elections Alde and EPP http://bentekalsnes.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/the-european-parliaments-experience-with-social-media-a-post-election-reflection/
Yes: We could monitor every word, action, and movement of the candidates Made individual fundraising easier More people could be involved The world was watching No: Campaigns are about issues, not media campaigns The election was fairly close and McCain barely did anything People pay more attention to traditional news outlets rather than social media sources
Players: Candidates Campaign Staff Communications Directors The Public Political Parties Historians - the use of social media in elections naturally leads to social media having an impact on elected administrations and politics as a whole
Players: Candidates Campaign Staff Communications Directors The Public Political Parties Historians - the use of social media in elections naturally leads to social media having an impact on elected administrations and politics as a whole