No doubt that technology had paint a significant landscape in the 2008 election. From the funny and silly claim of technology invention, to the use of sms in presidential candidate announcement to hacking of private email.
PC World recently post 8 ways technology has shaped the ’08 election.
- The YouTube Debated. The use of YouTube as opinion influencer and replacement of traditional media tool (e.g. government control media) in disseminating information from both camp.
- The Viral Video. The same tool can be used to create a bad impact on anybody not just Barack Obama.
- Tech Heavyweight made their endorsement. From Cisco to Google, each have their own shares and sides to choose.
- Super-sizing convention networks. Carriers and ISPs had to work overtime to make sure that their networks could handle the surges in Web and cellular traffic.
- Obama use SMS to announce Vice President. The Obama campaign create a U.S. history when they announce its vice presidential pick to supporters via text message to their cell phones. However the decision to select Joe Biden was leaked to the press hours before the announcement officially went public.
- McCain adviser links McCain with BlackBerry creation. McCain adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin unintentionally misconstrue the public when he pointed to his BlackBerry and said McCain’s work in the Senate helped to create it. What Holtz-Eakin really meant was McCain’s work on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation helped foster market conditions that led to a proliferation of smart wireless devices.
- E-voting Sparks More Anxiety. Issue surrounding the reliability of the e-voting system had raised concern when Florida exclude 3,700 ballot.
- Palin’s e-mail hacked. Three week after elected as Vice President, Sarah Palin learned that messages from her private e-mail account had been hacked and posted online by the hacker group “anonymous,” and in less than a month later, federal officials indicted 20-year-old David Kernell of Tennessee for hacking into the account. If found guilty, he could face a maximum of five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
You can get the full scope by reading to whole article at PC World, “8 Ways Technology Has Shaped the ’08 Elections“
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