I have several post over the coming days that will examine the impact of Social Media on the landmark election of Barak Obama as the next President of the United States. In the United States, casting a vote is the first indication of public support for a nominee. However, public opinion has a huge impact on a President after an election. I will be dissecting the world wide public opinion of Barack Obama via the “blogosphere” and other elements of social media the next few days. However, the first and most instantaneous indicator of public support is Digg.
Digg is a social media site that allows for online news and information to be shared. Participants in the community can either “Digg It” or “Burry It”. A Digg submission made on Nov 4th, 2008 upon CNN’s announcement that Barack Obama had been elected President of the United States recieved over 25,000 diggs by the next morning and over 2,300 comments making it the “greatest digg submission ever”.
