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The Internet and

PoliticsWhy does it matter and how do you use it to your

advantage?

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Why should politics

matter to you... Soon you will enter college/the workforce and will realize how fast money

comes into your hands...you will also

learn how fast it gets taken away. Government decides where your

money goes, if you vote for someone

with similar ideas as you, your

precious tax money will be more likely

to go to support ideas and views that

are relevant to you.

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Youre in High

School... You may be newly 18 and are possiblyapproaching your first election

VOTING IS IMPORTANT But how do you decide whatcandidates/political views support your

values and what you believe?

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How do you findwho will support

your political views?

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THE INTERNET! Blogs Candidate websites Social networking sites Newspaper websites

podcasts

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According to the Pew

Research Institute..... Nearly one in five (18%) internet users posted their thoughts,

comments or questions about the campaign on an online forum such

as a blog or social networking site.

Fully 45% of internet users went online to watch a video related to thecampaign.

One in three internet users forwarded political content to others.Indeed, the sharing of political content increased notably over the

course of the 2008 election cycle. Young voters continued to engage

heavily in the political debate on social networking sites. Fully 83% ofthose age 18-24 have a social networking profile, and two-thirds of

young profile owners took part in some form of political activity on

these sites in 2008.

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Now... The internet is key!

Fundraising power Able to reach more of the masses Able to reach a younger audience

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But be careful!! Some sites may try to trick you...

Blogs pass opinions off as informationthat is factual Videos that are on sites likeYoutube.com are edited to make

election candidates appear morepositive or negative depending on

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....also be careful BIASES!

Some say the media in general has aliberal bias John Stewart and Stephen Colbert

The New York Times

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Activity What sites where easier to find? The

positive or negative?

Does the negative information seemfactual?

Does any of the information you found(positive or negative) change your mindabout the party you researched?

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But biases work for

all parties! Republican blogs Viral Obama terrorist email Shirley Sherrod incident

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/23/fox-news-shirley-sherrod_n_657512.html

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Pundits Democrat and Republican

Stewart/Colberthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5pK7sK0i4A&feature=related

OReily/Limbaugh

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Activity! See how the media can trick you? Becareful what you read and always

consider the source Hint: A blogger who is Pro-Obama

will not have the nicest things to say

about Michelle Bachman

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e ng po ca y

active used to bedangerous... Before: students would rally, go to jail,

get tear gassed, and get into fights in

the name of politics...

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Now you can be an activist from

the comfort of your couch! Create your own blog post thoughts on Twitter/Facebook

Terrorize other blogs Donate

Find out how to volunteer for yourpreferred politcal party

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Before... If you missed an important debate, you

could read about it the next day in the

news. Hopefully it would be the truth,

and not someones journalistic

interpretation of what was said.

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Now... Debates are posted everywhere.

People can go on sites like Youtube to

find unedited debates and speechesfrom politicians

This helps impact political messages

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However.... People will also post the not-so-smart

things politicians say.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ev

NJWM_NDg

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The internet gives

you a voice

People post their support on Facebook,Twitter, and other blogs and microblogs You dont have to say who you voted

for either...but it may help your

candidate

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Not Red or Blue Green Party Tea Party

Independent Lots that most people dont know

about

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_State

s

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Class Poll If/when you vote will you tout an I

voted sticker on your wall?

If/when you vote will you say who youvoted for?

During election time will you endorseyour preferred candidate through socialmedia?

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So to sum it up... You can learn a lot of really great things

on the internet

Use the internet as a way to beinformed about the government and

help to form your views...

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but.... BE CAREFUL!

Some politics are want to get youover to their side, be it right or left. So

view everything you see with a critical

eye!