Comments on: DNA09: Who made Obama President – More the candidate than the campaign? http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/03/04/dna09-who-made-obama-president-more-the-candidate-than-the-campaign/ Online journalism news Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:51:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Edial Dekker http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/03/04/dna09-who-made-obama-president-more-the-candidate-than-the-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-10879 Edial Dekker Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:45:36 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=8660#comment-10879 Stephen Clark (European Parliament) also mentioned two other reasons why social media might not work as good as in the Unites States; 1. There are more than just a pair of parties in Europe, but this might not effect the UK as much as it does to the EU parliament, or The Netherlands for example (where we have more than fifteen political parties). 2. There is not (slightly) as much money for campaigns as there is in the US. If you want conversations with as many people, you will need a LOT of people that are willing to contribute. And there is another thing that is different; in the US, people give money to the campaigns, therefore they become 'part' of the campaign on a very personal level. In Europe this is different, people are not as much involved as they are in the US. Ooh, and the period of time of the campaign also plays a major roll in the campaign management. Personally I think the many social networks Europe counts, might also be an issue for one platform where people connect and become part of the 'change'. Stephen Clark (European Parliament) also mentioned two other reasons why social media might not work as good as in the Unites States;

1. There are more than just a pair of parties in Europe, but this might not effect the UK as much as it does to the EU parliament, or The Netherlands for example (where we have more than fifteen political parties).

2. There is not (slightly) as much money for campaigns as there is in the US. If you want conversations with as many people, you will need a LOT of people that are willing to contribute.

And there is another thing that is different; in the US, people give money to the campaigns, therefore they become ‘part’ of the campaign on a very personal level. In Europe this is different, people are not as much involved as they are in the US. Ooh, and the period of time of the campaign also plays a major roll in the campaign management.

Personally I think the many social networks Europe counts, might also be an issue for one platform where people connect and become part of the ‘change’.

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