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U.S. President’s Barack Obama’s re-election campaign uses Facebook!!!!!!!!

U.S. President’s Barack Obama’s re-election campaign was kicked off by using the online effort of social media. The campaign started with a set structure of utilizing social media mogul, Facebook as a key tool for spreading the word and directly reaching supporters.

While social media sites have dominated marketing efforts, gave birth to new artists via viral feeds and acted as the dominating publicity tool for brands all over the globe. There seems to be a new political strategy evolving within the facebook headquarters!

Obama’s facebook page has well over 19 million people who claim to ‘like’ it! The site maintains that the campaign is launching an online effort along with their offline effort towards re-election.

Along with making history as the first African American President in the United States, Obama is also the first president to use Facebook live, a streaming interview feature to directly reach voters by doing what campaign officials refer to the activity as “keeping them (voters) active!"

Early this year Obama visited the Palo Alto headquarters of the social network, where the president held a special "Facebook town hall" event that streamed live over Facebook and the White House website. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Zuckerburg moderated and sat onstage with the president, along with a audience of Facebook employees, and entrepreneurs.

With over 7.2 million followers on Twitter, Obama also kicked off his election campaign by releasing a youtube clip to aid his campaign journey. The President has also pledged to reach out to every voter that supported him during his first run in an effort to reconnect with his voters. The changing pace of technology and the rise of social networks allows politicians to associate themselves and become active with the world of changing technology. Perhaps social media will allow us to market ourselves a set further from where we stand today! It has been great! Until next time!

Swift, Mike. "Obama to hold Facebook town hall; kicks off campaign fundraising in Bay Area - San Jose Mercury News." Home - San Jose Mercury News. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 May 2011. .

Wauters, Robin. " Obama’s Re-election Campaign Puts Facebook Front And Center … Literally ." TechCrunch . N.p., n.d. Web. 22 May 2011. .

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Digital Media Distribution! Is their more in the future?

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I have always been a writer and a dreamer. Each day has allowed me to advance one step closer to make these goals become reality to fulfill my personal career goals of becoming a film maker and a publisher. I read an article regarding digital technological distribution opportunities for the film industry. These options are almost mandatory for film makers to release their projects to the public. Digital media allows creators to release material online, on DVDs and in theaters. The article offers several explanations as to why technological advancements are required to challenge distributors and creators. The article also describes several factors that must be considered before film makers release material. These factors include but are not limited to:

1. Digital technology offers opportunities in the film industry.
2. Cable pay-per-view, advanced playback, and now Windows Media 9 series offers distribution options.
3. Currently, there are over 500,000 digital movies being illegally exchanged online.    

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Digital and online distribution offers the leisure of home entertainment, secure content, and the interpersonal experience of controlling and sharing content. Developments have forced companies like Microsoft to take advantage of new distribution options. These options include:

1. Digital media enabled theaters
2. Distribution on the internet
3. Distribution on CD's and DVD's

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The article also discusses each wave of technology and the future of entertainment and digital technology. According to the article, we are currently in the second generation of developments in technology with the growth of digital media, along with developing digital rights and licensing. However, companies are collectively preparing for a third generation of digital media and growing in this area by focusing on managing digital content, offering consumers more theater quality in the comfort of their home, and also by building a standard by managing standard business models for creators to use while building and developing content.

This age of new media is focused on a more personal viewing “experience" for consumers as well as the gratification of instantly streaming secure content. I must say that I look forward to utilizing the advancements of the digital developments in technology and using these methods to release my creative works. Please see a link to the article and more information at,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/movies/17dargis.html and http://.www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/content_provider/film/disopwhitepaper.aspx.

Today has been great and of course, tomorrow will be even better! Until next time!  

"Digital Media Distribution Opportunities for the Film Industry." Microsoft Corporation. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 May 2011. <http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/content_provider/film/disopwhitepaper.aspx.