Elizabeth Warren is creating a splash in the
online world with just a simple Google search of her name. Several of the first
links will take you directly to her Facebook account, Twitter account, the
Wikipedia page about her, and the news stories surrounding her. Also, her own
personal website pops up and so does her website for Senator of Massachusetts. For
the time being Ms. Warren’s online platform is just fine for the time being,
however with running for president, her online presence will have to be greater
and on a larger scale to compete with the other candidates who may run.
On Twitter alone Elizabeth is gracing her
presence on a weekly basis (https://twitter.com/SenWarren). Not to mention
there are other Twitter profiles and handles that are pro Elizabeth Warren and
keep their audience informed of Ms. Warren's career, and hopeful future
career. Ms. Warren’s Twitter account often times Tweets news article in
relation to whatever situation Elizabeth is dealing with, something that is
happening on a national government level, or something that is dealing with the
Democratic Party.
Elizabeth also keeps her Facebook presence alive
typically posting her own message or sharing an article once a day. Not only
does Ms. Warren post and share issues regarding to government policy, but she
also shares private moments from her life on her Facebook page
(https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethWarren) allowing her audience to seem they
are involved with every aspect of her life not just her government career life. Just
on Valentine’s Day Ms. Warren posted a story with a picture of her and her
granddaughters baking a cake, she’s allowing people to connect with her at a
personal level rather than just a professional level.
Everyone has their own beliefs, thoughts, and
opinions and in today's society it is easier than ever to express those
beliefs, thoughts, and opinions at a larger scale via the Internet. Although I
couldn't find any exact websites that were linked to "destroying"
Elizabeth Warren or her career just like every other politician there are those
who disagree with her. I'm sure somewhere on the Internet there are trolls
against the Senator from Massachusetts.
For the
upcoming Presidential Election Elizabeth Warren is going to have to make her
online presence more of a force, right now she is currently just there. Yes,
she’s easy to find with a simple search but she isn’t an overwhelming presence
in the world of online. In today’s society, technology and having an online
presence is crucial especially for someone who is running for office. Through
videos, pictures, posts, or shares on Internet social sites voters are abled to
get a better understand of the candidate and what their beliefs, thoughts,
opinions, and what their stand points are. To be successful in the politic
world a candidate must have a strong online presence today, if Warren wants to
make her name more of a well-known name she’s going to have to make her
platform bigger on the Internet world.
I know that you mentioned Warren needs to make her platform bigger on the Internet world if she plans on running in 2016, how do you think she should go about that though? Should she expand on what Internet presence she already has, being her website, Facebook, and Twitter, or should she invest in other social media platforms, such as Instagram, to also achieving the same goal of making her platform bigger on the Internet world?
ReplyDeleteI believe that she would need to be more frequent on her already social media sites but also expand it to Instagram, Youtube, or a campaign website. She would really need to make her presence greatly more noticeable.
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