Comments on: Local political bloggers debate: who’s best? http://readingroars.com/local-political-bloggers-debate-whos-best/ Bringing news and views from the roaring capital of the Thames Valley Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:15:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://readingroars.com/local-political-bloggers-debate-whos-best/#comment-44864 Anonymous Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:28:28 +0000 http://readingroars.com/?p=549#comment-44864 http://bythemuddybanksofthethames.blogspot.com/ is kind enough to include my http://www.greenreading.blogspot.com/ which was missed by most in this discussion. Adrian Windisch Green Party Candidate for Reading West http://bythemuddybanksofthethames.blogspot.com/ is kind enough to include my http://www.greenreading.blogspot.com/ which was missed by most in this discussion.
Adrian Windisch Green Party Candidate for Reading West

]]> By: Oranjepan http://readingroars.com/local-political-bloggers-debate-whos-best/#comment-44796 Oranjepan Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:53:30 +0000 http://readingroars.com/?p=549#comment-44796 Thanks for the coverage. Yes, the use of social media is a big theme in politics. It is burgeoning because it is a way of connecting people with each other to talk about issues of mutual concern without the filter of intermediaries. Communicating more effectively with each other means we are better able to meet and interact with like-minded people and solve the problems we all face. So politics is a prime area of application for this end. The election of the new US President highlights the potential of technology as it was partly facilitated by the explosion in web activity: the hope Barack Obama engenders is primarily a response to the ability fostered by the web for people to engage directly in debate with each other. No longer do we need to feel misrepresented by others who have their careers to look after - opening access to subjects means we can now better represent ourselves! No longer do we need to feel aggravated by the regular controversies which arise over global threats (such as terrorism or environmental change) or proposed developments (such as the IDR or Heathrow) - enabling wider access to the forum of debate means we now have the scope to find solutions which can satisfy everyone! Thanks for the coverage.

Yes, the use of social media is a big theme in politics.

It is burgeoning because it is a way of connecting people with each other to talk about issues of mutual concern without the filter of intermediaries. Communicating more effectively with each other means we are better able to meet and interact with like-minded people and solve the problems we all face.

So politics is a prime area of application for this end.

The election of the new US President highlights the potential of technology as it was partly facilitated by the explosion in web activity: the hope Barack Obama engenders is primarily a response to the ability fostered by the web for people to engage directly in debate with each other.

No longer do we need to feel misrepresented by others who have their careers to look after – opening access to subjects means we can now better represent ourselves!

No longer do we need to feel aggravated by the regular controversies which arise over global threats (such as terrorism or environmental change) or proposed developments (such as the IDR or Heathrow) – enabling wider access to the forum of debate means we now have the scope to find solutions which can satisfy everyone!

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