Comments on: Just How Much Political Video Can We Handle? http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/23/just-how-much-political-video-can-we-handle/ dissecting the craft of online politics and online advocacy Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:28:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mike Connery http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/23/just-how-much-political-video-can-we-handle/#comment-75947 Mike Connery Wed, 23 May 2007 19:58:54 +0000 http://www.epolitics.com/2007/05/23/just-how-much-political-video-can-we-handle/#comment-75947 Colin, you're making a larger point, but this is in part what I was getting at in <a href="http://futuremajority.com/node/356" rel="nofollow">my post about vote different</a> that you were kind enough to link to a few months back. While we'll always have breakout viral hits, but voter generated, Viral Video is going to become a niche activity that spreads among social networks and subcultural communities. And it will be filtered, disseminated, and judged in all the ways you suggest (I think particularly important is your point about persuasion and reinforcement as the ultimate purpose of viral, voter generated video). It's not as flashy as hitting it big time like Phil de Velis, but in the aggregate it's probably equally if not more important. Colin, you’re making a larger point, but this is in part what I was getting at in my post about vote different that you were kind enough to link to a few months back.

While we’ll always have breakout viral hits, but voter generated, Viral Video is going to become a niche activity that spreads among social networks and subcultural communities. And it will be filtered, disseminated, and judged in all the ways you suggest (I think particularly important is your point about persuasion and reinforcement as the ultimate purpose of viral, voter generated video).

It’s not as flashy as hitting it big time like Phil de Velis, but in the aggregate it’s probably equally if not more important.

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