I think it is both! He was arguably the first U.S. Senator or member to podcast and blog on iTunes before everyone else got on board, so I am not surprised about how well his social networking is doing. Think for a moment, his core constituents are young, tech savvy and highly educated individuals, not African Americans who just really got on board after Bob Johnson, The Clintons and other African American politicians made ill-advised statements that were full of code words which African Americans and more importantly his core constituents rejected. This election will provide some of the most far-reaching years for new media and political research. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Christopher J. Richter Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 4:36 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] obama's 'web magic' Your two categories are not mutually exclusive Christopher J. Richter Associate Professor, Communication Studies Hollins University 8015 Quadrangle Lane PO Box 9652 Roanoke, VA 24020-1652 Tel: 5403626358 Fax: 5403626286 crichter@hollins.edu www.hollins.edu -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of dtoews@uwindsor.ca Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:14 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] obama's 'web magic' check out this CNN report on 'Obama's Web Magic'...is this really how web 2.0 is being perceived by the average american, or is this presenter just amazingly thick in the head? http://tinyurl.com/2by36x ______________________________ Dr. David Toews, PhD Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology University of Windsor, Canada If you do not keep the multiplicity of language-games in view you will perhaps be inclined to ask questions like: "What is a question?" - Wittgenstein _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/