Filed under: Digital Marketing Internship, Katie Hyzy, Uncategorized | Tags: Barack Obama, digital media, digital technology, eco-friendly marketing internship, election technology, presidential election
Alright, I couldn’t help but post about what is no doubt the most historic Presidential election of my lifetime. As the polls continue to close and result trickle in, I find myself feeling like a child on Christmas eve. I am dizzy with anticipation and unbelievably anxious about what these results will yield.
As of Seven PM I have found myself glued to both CNN and various online media sources (The Huffington Post being my personal fave). I’m really thrilled that digital media is able to fuel my crack-like addiction to up-to-the-second poll data. It’s really quite remarkable, isn’t it? Not only was this election ground-braking in terms of race and gender, but technology also played a part on the political platform.
I myself signed up to be a part of Barack Obama’s revolutionary text-messaging and email campaign. Despite the frequency of messages, I found it to be something well worth being a part of. I won’t lie, my friends and I all thought it was pretty great to get that 3AM text saying that Obama had chosen Joe Biden as his running mate. In this election, technology seemingly bridged the informational gap between candidate and citizen. Check out my most recent Eco-Friendly Internship blog post for more thoughts on the election and technology.
So in the mean time, I’ll be reading news blogs and checking out interactive polling maps while simultaneously watching CNN keeping celebratory bottle of champagne on ice and keeping my fingers crossed that tomorrow will bring HOPE…
