Social Politics
()
About this ebook
Social media has changed politics forever. This book examines the use of social media in politics and demonstrates how you can take both an active and passive role in social politics. The book illustrates how you can use social media to add your voice to the issues that are important to you and to connect with important decision-makers that might otherwise be out of your reach. The book examines global developments in social media and provides a history of social politics. A range of social media services and tools are described with guidelines to enable you to participate in social politics and contribute to your local political environment.
Tony Whittingham
Tony is an educational technology consultant. Prior to his ‘retirement’ Tony was NSW TAFE’s Director of Technology and Arts and Media Educational Services. He was the founding CEO for the Federal Government’s Co-operative Multimedia Centre and the Manager of the State Government’s Water Conservation Commission’s Photogrammetry Division. He has taught at college and university levels for more than 30 years and received national awards from the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD), in addition to the Computer World Fellows award for ’Outstanding Contributions To Computing In Australia’.
Read more from Tony Whittingham
The Social Media Revolution Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Storytelling With An iPad Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Lifelong Learning With An iPad Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Virtual Traveller Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Social Politics
Related ebooks
The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Big Disconnect: Why the Internet Hasn't Transformed Politics (Yet) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Digital Media and Democratic Futures Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSocialism, Capitalism and Alternatives: Area Studies and Global Theories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistory of Silicon Valley Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReclaiming the Media: Communication Rights and Democratic Media Roles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe social networks: an introduction Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5People Before Profit: The New Globalization in an Age of Terror, Big Money, and Economic Crisis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Propaganda Blitz: How the Corporate Media Distort Reality Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Social Theory after the Internet: Media, Technology, and Globalization Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Public Opinion, Campaign Politics & Media Audiences: New Australian Perspectives Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWinning Elections: Strategies and Principles for Victory in the War for Votes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCommunication Economics and Development: Pergamon Policy Studies on International Development Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFriend Me!: 600 Years of Social Networking in America Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Social Media in Trinidad: Values and Visibility Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Century of Spin: How Public Relations Became the Cutting Edge of Corporate Power Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Social Use of Media: Cultural and Social Scientific Perspectives on Audience Research Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMultinational Corporations and Global Justice: Human Rights Obligations of a Quasi-Governmental Institution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUncertainty of Communication Interpreting Global Social Media Communication in a Way of Philosophy of Science Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Practice of Public Relations Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Political Sociology – The State of the Art Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMedia Power, Media Politics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The No-Nonsense Guide to the United Nations Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Selfie Generation: How Our Self-Images Are Changing Our Notions of Privacy, Sex, Consent, and Culture Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStreampunks: YouTube and the Rebels Remaking Media Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power and Public Resistance Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Advertising as Culture Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Media, Democracy and European Culture Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
American Government For You
Fear: Trump in the White House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Why We're Polarized Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest Gang Leader Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Reset: And the War for the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The U.S. Constitution with The Declaration of Independence and The Articles of Confederation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The January 6th Report Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/525 Lies: Exposing Democrats’ Most Dangerous, Seductive, Damnable, Destructive Lies and How to Refute Them Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Government Gangsters: The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Washington: The Indispensable Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 9/11 Report: The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Get Trump: The Threat to Civil Liberties, Due Process, and Our Constitutional Rule of Law Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Great Awakening: Defeating the Globalists and Launching the Next Great Renaissance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the President's Men Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5An Introduction to Legal Reasoning Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProfiles in Courage: Deluxe Modern Classic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Watergate: A New History Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Social Politics
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Social Politics - Tony Whittingham
Social Politics
By Tony Whittingham
Copyright 2013 by Tony Whittingham
Smashwords Edition
Smashwords Edition, License Notes
This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.
CONTENTS
Introduction To Social Politics
Global Social Politics
Australian Social Politics
Social Media and Social Politics
A Brief History Of Social Media
Social Politics Enabling Technologies
The Hardware Revolution
The Software Revolution
The Telecommunications Revolution
Future Enabling Technologies
Tools For Social Politics
Cloud Services
Social Network Services
Blog Services
Video, Photo and Audio Sharing Services
Social Politics Monitoring Services
Google Alerts
Google Reader
How to Participate in Social Politics
Passive Participant Options
Active Participant Options
Introduction to Social Politics
Social Politics is an expression used to describe the use of social media in politics. The 2008 U.S. presidential election came to be known as the social media election
as a result of the Democrats use