I use technology everyday. I use my cell phone to connect with people. I use my laptop to access the internet. I'm even using this website to express my opinions on our government!
So it shouldn't have shocked me so much when I read the article "Solid Gains for White House's SOTU Web Effort" by The Wall Street Journal. This article is aimed at describing the impact the White House is making with their website and broadcasting President Obama's State of the Union address. It tells of the massive amount of tweets that were written during the speech and the graphics, charts, and data used to back up the President's remarks. It was really interesting to me that our government is actually pushing so hard to be involved in social media, but it does make much more sense after the food for thought provided by the author. This was more relevant to me than most other articles because as a student I usually don't have time to sit down to watch the news. Consequently when I do have time to relax and rest my feet, I'm not really apt to spend my "me" time watching a president that I'm not very fond of discuss his plans for our government. It is really much more convenient to be able to tune into the address while doing class work on my laptop from the comfort of my desk.
Despite the numerous articles available from the mainstream sources, this article rally caught my eye because it emphasizes the impact that social media is having in our world and it brought to light the fact that it is even starting to influence the processes of how governmental information is spread throughout our country.
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