Mejia: Web’s role in election unclear
In late September of 1960, millions of Americans turned their televisions on to watch the first nationally televised presidential debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy. These first televised debates had a large impact on the election of 1960, helping Kennedy, who embraced the new media, to overtake Nixon. From that point on, television was a huge factor in elections.
As the 2008 presidential debates are underway, we stand at the beginning of a new wave of political technology. Whereas television was the revolution of the ’60s political scene, so, too, is the Internet for...
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