16/11: Medvedev Overtakes Obama in Hi-Tech Race

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Several newspapers today announced that Obama posted his first internet video address on YouTube, thus heralding the era of the new "digital" government.

Surprisingly enough, the Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has started doing exactly same thing already a month ago. If you go to the Kremlin site you can see all three addresses translated in English.



However, does it really mean that the government worldwide is becoming more "transparent"?

If one watches the both addresses, one striking detail is that both presidents are not really open to feedback. It's evident that their are merely utilizing the new media opportunities to communicate their message to wider audiences. In this sense, Obama is a bit more open because at least YouTube allows comments (which are mostly stupid) and video responses (which may be quite stupid as well). Medvedev posts his videos on his own site (although you might be able to find them on Youtube as well).

Today's article in technology blog Read Write Web Lidija Davis is making a good point writing that using more information channels does not automatically means transparency. If the both presidents are really keen on engaging with the public point of view, they have to utilize the technology to the full extent, using the social services, which allow two-way communication.

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Paul wrote:

I think he should be on the WTR forum and post it there.
17/11 20:15:07

presto10 wrote:

Intersting subject, but I think you are missing the forest for the trees: two-way communication does not need to take place on the same page, or even website. Instead, when one party publishes for example a video on their site (for example a president), another party can reply to video on their own site (perhaps a voter writing on his own blog). If the blogger references the post he is replying to, perhaps by the way of a web link, search engines and other tools can weave together the video and the blog post into a multi-way discourse.
20/11 20:10:39

Judy wrote:

To me this is all too scary. Seems like government telling you what to think, over & over until you believe it - propaganda TV? All too close ... I sure hope the US press corps comes back from the dead and begins to do real investigative reporting and asking real questions about the content of these internet videos. Just because it is new and cool does not mean the info being broadcast should be taken as gospel. The press should pick these videos up and do their job.
01/12 04:19:11

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Obama is not new to using internet as a medium to reach people. He ran a huge e-mail campaign during his election and some of the announcements were blasted to e-mail subscribers before they even presented general media.
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