With social media networks like Facebook and Twitter
becoming more popular than ever, it’s no wonder the President and Vice
President of the United States have joined the crowd. The number of people that have joined social
media sites are now higher than ever. According to the Huffington Post, “half of all American adults are now on
social networks.” The growth of social media has increased drastically over the past
year.
Vice President Joe
Biden gave his first ever Twitter interview on Thursday. According to the Huffington
Post, “The vice president answered 13 questions during the interview, which was
billed as a way for people across the country to submit questions about the
State of the Union Address President Obama delivered on Tuesday.” Who would’ve
ever thought that social media would become a way for the public to communicate
with our nation’s leaders? Social media
networks like Twitter provide a means of communication that would be almost
impossible to do so without having access to it. Sure, you’re only limited to 140 characters,
but it will be well worth it.
Vice President
Biden isn’t the only one using social media to reach out to the public.
President Obama will also answer the questions from the public about the State
of the Union speech. He’ll be answering questions submitted through http://www.youtube.com/whitehouse
So why has social
media become the new craze all of a sudden? I can remember back 3 years ago
when I didn’t even know what Twitter was. It still amazes me today, as I try to
get the hang of it. It’s unbelievable how fast information can travel through
social media sites. Before social media, we would wait for a newspaper to
deliver the news or just turn on the television. Now, we can receive it
instantly through our Twitter and Facebook feeds.
With all the
capabilities that social media has, it doesn’t surprise me at how fast it’s
growing and will probably continue to grow even more. Also, it probably won’t
be long before the rest of the political figures join the social networks and
start taking advantage of the power of social media.
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