What's after YouTube for politics?

Submitted by Ethan Kiczek on November 10, 2006 - 3:45pm
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Zephyr Teachout has a great op-ed in the Washington Post today about the future of campaigning. She talks about some interesting ideas like mobile political affinity software, political accountability software and political placement as ways of reaching voters in '08. Thanks to the Berkman Center newsletter for pointing this one out.

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Not sure I like the future she sees

Submitted by Gregory Heller on November 10, 2006 - 10:39pm.
Zephyr's vision of candidates (or their online gamer proxies) weilding virtual battle axes in online games might be a crowd pleaser, but I'm not sure it will help elevate the discourse. It was surprising that she suggests politics is heading to games like "Warcraft". A more natural place might be Sims. Secondlife, however, seems like a great place to start building political support, I just wonder how the FEC will handle the purchase of virtual campaign literature, signs, and office space. The "dodgeball" for politics is also a little creepy, will my phone tell me when a right wing neo-con walks into the cafe? Will people start to only frequent places that cater explicity to their micro demographic (or psycho-graphic)? Sounds lie homophilly for sure.