TWEETS THAT I FOUND INTERESTING:
I feel like most of these tweets are relevant to the course for various different reasons. Going through the tweets, I feel like there is a constant: politicians and political insiders are using Twitter are a resource with which to express and influence whichever demographic they're targeting.
Maddow is calling out Romney on an issue of flip-flopping, putting in question his credibility. The White House is spreading the President's ideology and keeping the public informed about his stance on issues. Gerson, a political expert from the Washington Post is sharing election opinions. Herman Cain is trying to save his ruined reputation. The Daily Show is appropriately taking the opportunity to have a go at the message Cain is sending. And Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is reaching out to her followers.
I think Twitter is very much a double edged sword. It can be used to inform, and gather followers on your side. In the concept of politics, it's a great tool for transforming followers into supporters and into voters.
Politicians need to carefully toe the line between being too strict versus too lax in the Twitter personality and risking alienating their followers.
While it gives many a political group the opportunity to ingratiate to the mass public and the mass media, it also adds another level of transparency with which the voting demographic might be able to get better insight into the inner workings of their candidate.
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