Sunday, April 3, 2011

Youtube as a Venue to Talk to World Leaders

Last class we were discussing the ways a presidental hopeful would run a campaign, and how he/she would have to incorporate new media. On that note, I thought that this was really cool. It seems Youtube runs interviews with world leaders where average citizens from around the globe submit video questions and then the world leaders respond with their own video response in a interview style. Here is the link to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5t6A9wSMWo&feature=featured

I wonder if this will herald a new time where average citizens have more up close and personal exposure to their leaders, or the status quo remains the same? Either way, I think this was a really cool idea as more and more people go to the internet for news and entertainment programs like this will keep politics on the minds of average citizens.

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