Blog 7

The presentation in class was great. I learned a lot about "smart mobs". I guess in the world of print I think the voting process can be classified as a smart mob(past and present). I remember post Obama, when you would wake up early or maybe on your lunch hour and go vote. And the voting was all done in one day, between certain time. But with the Obama campaign, they used the smart mob effectively. I signed up on my cell phone by sending a text to a number and they would send me out specific time and places where Obama would be. And on election day or before election day they would text you what the times were to vote and if we had any problems to contact them by text. The text would also tell you to go early because they were expecting long lines. This was for New Jersey so I guess they did this process all over America. And at the end of the day, they would send out a text message thanking you for voting.


So I would use this as a remediation of how we use to vote. I am sure that next election both sides would use this technique because it is very effective.


For the future I see more of the digital influence than print. Most newspapers say their sales have fallen downward. Most people get their information from internet or cell phone. And I see more local elections using the "smart mob" to get people out to vote.