November 4th, 2008
Tonight's election results: Is the Internet ready for prime time?
Just how much has the Internet transformed the conduct of presidential and other elections this year?
The New York Times says it’s been huge. Howard Dean calls the Obama campaign’s directors Apollo 11 astronauts and controllers, compared to his use of the Net four years ago.
But tonight will be the straight-up test of how far the Internet has evolved as a medium for news dissemination. Are you, the voter comfortable with technology, ready to abandon the TV set for the pure online multimedia experience?
Slate, Politico, CNN.com and other Internet news outlets will be
providing second-by-second coverage of tonight’s presidential and other
election results, with video reports, blogging and interactive maps of
expected electoral voting.
But is that enough for you to shut off the TV altogether?
Why or why not?
And, while you’re at it:
Vote.
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Tom Steinert-Threlkeld is editor-in-chief of Securities Industry News, as well as a long-time media, technology and business journalist. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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