Isnt it nice to know (especially the American facebook users) that they are able to follow the 2008 American presidential campaign on facebook?????? Well for all those intrested in the presidential campaign i have got good news for you,you can now to that through Facebook! This application is launched by ABC news who have joined Facebook and have partnered to launch an online political initiative that will combine the latest news from the campaign trail with a variety of discussion and interactive forums. This new application will allow the 56 million Facebook users to learn about and debate the issues in the upcoming election. "We thought it would be a great opportunity for us to make available to the people already having the ongoing discussion and debate on Facebook the full range of ABC News political reporting," said David Westin, president of ABC News.
ABC News' political reporting will similarly be influenced by Facebook users. Discussions and reactions by Facebook members will play into how ABC News approaches its coverage of campaign events, Westin added. ABC news reporters will be posting minute by minute stories,blogs, and photographs to keep facebook users up to date with the latest news on the campaign. Facebook users will also be able to share their opinion on the campaigh in a section called Debate Group,where any facebook member can share his opinion and thoughts."The goal is to extend the debate from being a one-hour session that happens on television to a dialogue that can take place before, after and now during the debate between voters," said Dan Rose, Facebook's vice president of business development. "We're all about providing technology platforms to enable and facilitate information flow and dialogue."
Official ABC News poll results will also be accessible through the application.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3899006
Sunday, June 1, 2008
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