Politican should not ignore social media

Social media is growing faster and faster, and it is spreading among people in different ages. Even American president Berek Obama is making use of Twitter to host a Twitter Town Hall. Every American can tweet on twitter #AskObama, president will retweet base on social influence and metrics.

Social Media is so popular among teenagers or younger generation. The politican should pay attention and make use of social media to attract the citizen or their supporter.

Berek Obama use facebook in his election for his supporter. A lot of American candidates are using social media to take over their traditional campaign. The election expense can be less when they move some of their campaign online. In fact, politican should not be just focus on social media like Facebook or Twitter. They should be making use of the online resources because 21st century is relying on the internet, which is the fastest way for expanding information.

There is a research show that 48 % of 18 to 34 years old will wake up and check their facebook straight away and 65 % Adults under 30years old will treat online news as their primary news resources. And 34% of Adult above 50 to 64 years old they rely on internet news as well. Also, Twitter become a better source for breaking news than other news resources.

Online media or social media is covering different ages and different audience, therefore policticans should not ignore social media.

Reference:
Article: Australian 2011, 'policticans should not ignore social media.' 26 October
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