For this week's article, I have chosen: http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Apr11/0,4670,PoliticalCelebrities,00.html
This article, entitled:"Young Voters Help Start Political Phenom" talks about how decentralization has played a role in the past 2008 election. It was an election of great importance because more and more regular Americans became involved. Alot of the politicians involved in the election of 2008 came to talk to us average Americans and to me that speaks alot - obviiously they came to talk to us to get votes but at the same time it makes you feel like they are trying to relate to you on some level. The article also says, "Obama's success has validated the larger cultural decentralization, which replaces the old, vertical, expert-to-layman approach with horizontal, peer-to-peer interactivity." People think they can relate to Obama and "how far he's come."
Interesting article.
SKolbeck
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In today's world, a future president must first become mr. or mrs. popularity. Getting this task done requires time, money, and effort. It is interesting to look back throughout time and see what types of systems work at completing this process. Today, social networks like facebook are really playing a huge role in areas such as this. Decentralization is making its way down the chain, hitting the younger crowd as they interact with them on facebook. Its even more interesting to me because as time has passed, facebook is not only just a student network, but many older people are too getting involved. Who knows what technologies or social network will be used in getting the vote out for the next election!
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