I found this article about how President Obama is taking social media into the white house. I came across this article on The Wall Street Journal's website and thought it looked interesting enough to take a look at. The article basically talks about how even the President of the United States is using Facebook, Twitter, and now LinkedIn to target and accommodate younger people with the news and giving them more opportunities to get involved with things that are going on in the world without having to watch hours of the news.
I think that this is a great idea for President Obama to take control of. Social media is getting more popular than news and its a way that most people find out what is going on in the world. As for some of the younger generation, this is their only way of knowing what's going on in the country and world and what better way to reach them than to be on their level of communication. This also shows that even our president is recognizing the change in the social media world and that he's encouraging us to use these tools as well. Of course Facebook and Twitter have been huge factors in the social media world for a while now, but LinkedIn is still kind of new technology to most and this really shows that the leader of our country is tuned into what is going on in the world as well. Most people check their Facebook and Twitter accounts many times per day and post comments and opinions by the second. This is also a great way for the president and press to know what the American people are thinking and how they are feeling about all sorts of different topics and discussions. Some of the people that commented on this article were also glad to see that the president is taking matters into his own hands and finding ways to reach out to people. I also think that this is awesome that President Obama is finding ways to reach the younger generation because, after all, these people are the future leaders of the United States and the people that will be and using and updating these new technologies along the way!
Source:
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/09/20/obamas-next-social-media-stop-linkedin/?mod=google_news_blog
