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From YouTube to Flickr, from Facebook to Twitter, images and sentiments from celebrations across the nation flooded into the Internet’s media-sharing sites, just moments after Barack Obama clinched the presidential election. Some were simple photos of TV screens claiming the Democrat’s win.
Technology has become the newest foundation of family values. According to a study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, families that use technology tend to have better communication. Where once they gathered ’round the old Westinghouse to listen to one of FDR’s fireside chats, families now bond over YouTube videos.
YouTube and CBS have teamed up to deliver new full-length TV programming delivered via YouTube’s new Theater View style, which provides a larger video image. YouTube is testing the new format, so it may see some tweaks in the near future; however, the move represents a significant departure from the short-clip, user-generated content that turned the YouTube brand into an international video sharing powerhouse.
Barack Obama announced his running mate by text message. John McCain’s putting up YouTube videos. Mayoral candidates are doing robocalling. And just about everyone running for public office has a blog. Clearly, the campaign landscape has gone high-tech. New technologies are helping candidates to connect with voters, and voters to connect with candidates, in new and surprising ways.
If you’re a ninja assassin, a terrorist, an illegal street racer, or any other variety of violent outlaw, you shouldn’t look to YouTube for training anymore; you won’t find any there. The Google-owned video sharing site has revised its policies to specifically forbid such videos.