Comments on: Politics 2.0–Advertising versus content? http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/02/15/politics-20/ technology, libraries, and schools Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:49:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Janice Friesen http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/02/15/politics-20/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Janice Friesen Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:07:42 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/02/15/politics-20/#comment-244 Thanks for this very interesting post I didn't know about the techpresident blog. One thing that will be very interesting to watch is the repercussions of people hired to blog for a candidate. This week two bloggers for the Edwards campaign decided to quit when the press (or someone) started to bring up things that they had said in the past that made Edwards look bad. On the one side it is a lesson to be careful what you say online because it may come back to bite you. On the other side I think that maybe our standards of being "politically correct" vs being honest about what you think may have to change. The old standard says that people can be held to a certain level. They must have always said and done what they say and do NOW in order to be trusted. (one example is smoking pot) I think that our younger generation realizes that people change and appreciate it much more when someone is honest than when someone looks too clean. Interesting... Janice Thanks for this very interesting post I didn’t know about the techpresident blog.

One thing that will be very interesting to watch is the repercussions of people hired to blog for a candidate. This week two bloggers for the Edwards campaign decided to quit when the press (or someone) started to bring up things that they had said in the past that made Edwards look bad.

On the one side it is a lesson to be careful what you say online because it may come back to bite you. On the other side I think that maybe our standards of being “politically correct” vs being honest about what you think may have to change. The old standard says that people can be held to a certain level. They must have always said and done what they say and do NOW in order to be trusted. (one example is smoking pot) I think that our younger generation realizes that people change and appreciate it much more when someone is honest than when someone looks too clean. Interesting…

Janice

]]> By: Gregg http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/02/15/politics-20/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Gregg Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:52:53 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/02/15/politics-20/#comment-233 I think we all need to learn how to discern information in this new environment. I think we all need to learn how to discern information in this new environment.

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