This question has been asked of me many times by people from the media — how will bloggers affect the May 2007 polls? What role will they play in the coming elections?
I couldn’t really put in a solid answer to this one but I offered several possibilities along the lines of citizen journalism:
- Bloggers can influence their readers’ opinion and might sway their senatorial list.
- Bloggers can provide the lead for MSM follow-up, verify facts and run stories.
- Information Campaign. In times of election, a lot of propaganda are being hurled left and right. Bloggers can provide a second opinion or help clear up mis-information.
- Bloggers can provide more coverage than MSM can ever squeeze in 30 minutes of airtime
In the US, every candidate has to have a blog or a podcast. Will our aspiring public officials follow the trend and embrace the long tail? How will they regard the internet a new campaign tool?
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Bloggers do free campaigning but allows open comments (moderated in the sense that no cursing and the like).
Literally, give the power to the people, give the people the power to share opinions.
That’s how I see bloggers influencing the Philippine Elections.
why not a party list for bloggers? and we have one in the making, you - yuga
It the domain “eleksyon07.com” already taken up?
a blogger is running for congress by the way. Mong Palatino of Mongster’s Nest is Kabataan Party’s president and primary nominee
Bloggers will not be able to affect the May 2007 polls, especially if their readers are as savvy as the regular readers of Yugatech.
There are still possibilities, though, for blogging with a twist.
Here’s to the rise of the masa bloggers and their true effect in Philippine politics!
Bloggers can post pictures and video clips. Kitang-kita kung may pandarayang nagaganap.
hm, kung saka-sakali, ang tanging magagawa ng blogs ay #2. i dont think it will make a dent on any campaign unless a msm outlet carries it. a vast majority of filipino voters don’t have access to the internet and not a substantial number of those who do, avidly follow blogs to be swayed on their decisions.