Internet and Activism

Alreaaady- let my blogging experience begin:

Surfing on the bbc.com I came across an article that talks about how politics will change the web. Putting the USA presidential elections under the spot light yet ever again, Mr.Thompson mentions of the unplaceable vitality of internet in terms of politics and how it increases the level of conversation and interaction, though not yet displacing the more traditional methods. To contrary to the article title's "How politics will change web", to me the main idea is about how the web changes the delivery channels of politics. Use of digital tools, including advertising on computer games like Obama has done, is another way for politicians to market themselves to the public. Of course, not only another way, a very efficient (or is it?) way, I'd say, thinking of the multitudinous ways a form of activism can pop up on a surfer's screen. However for me the question remains: How willing are we to embrace the change of another set of traditional methods as e-marketing tries even harder to break down the walls of our apathetic life styles? Is all that

 activism something we really want to buy? Or would we rather stick to our search on Google on "where to buy leather iPhone cases"?