Comments on: Online Presidential Debates: Evolutionary, Revolutionary or Painfully Boring? http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/08/online-presidential-debates-evolutionary-revolutionary-or-painfully-boring/ dissecting the craft of online politics and online advocacy Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:10:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Kira http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/08/online-presidential-debates-evolutionary-revolutionary-or-painfully-boring/#comment-70949 Kira Tue, 08 May 2007 19:42:03 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/08/online-presidential-debates-evolutionary-revolutionary-or-painfully-boring/#comment-70949 For long, lecture-like videos, I tend to leave them on in the background and listen to it like radio. I don't imagine that's radically atypical behavior. So if the producers and candidate handlers treat online debates more like a radio show, it could still be interesting content. That is, assuming you're interested in what the candidates have to say to start with. Could be more compelling to do more subject-specfic debates, so people particularly interested in health care or whatever can tune in. For long, lecture-like videos, I tend to leave them on in the background and listen to it like radio. I don’t imagine that’s radically atypical behavior. So if the producers and candidate handlers treat online debates more like a radio show, it could still be interesting content.

That is, assuming you’re interested in what the candidates have to say to start with. Could be more compelling to do more subject-specfic debates, so people particularly interested in health care or whatever can tune in.

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