P2P Politicans and Broadcasting
Sunday, September 20, 2009 by rs09
Peer to peer networking and Internet piracy seem to go hand in hand. Anything related to a torrent or even 'downloading' seems to have negative connotations attached to it. However some PC companies now offer drivers down-loadable through the torrent format so not all is negative. As the reading suggests Napster seemed to open up the world of Internet downloading, then after they were shut down Kazaa took over as the 'P2P king' and differentiate itself from Napster and legal action by becoming a search engine for files, rather than hosting the files as Napster did. Then more recently came the name synonymous with P2P; The Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay utilized a piece of software called torrents' which was able to pull together the file from different users all over the world to ultimately download the complete file faster. One can realise through this that illegal file sharing and downloading of movies and music, only adapts and finds further loopholes, just as quickly as they get shut down which continues the never ending story of rights management and loyalties withing the anonymity of the Internet.
Politicians have increasingly been using the Internet and digital technologies to gain further support, fund raise and organise various events as well as appear 'approachable' and 'up-to-date' Whether they truly are using these technologies as means of getting 'in touch' with the people or are using it as a vote gaining ploy, one can only guess. Barack Obama used Facebook and Twitter to 'connect' with a younger voting demographic and used his personal website to collect donations and organise rallies and inform volunteers. John Key seemed to 'piggyback' onto the back of this idea and created his own video diaries and Facebook page.
However this same technology through broadcasting can often catch Politicians off guard, in which comments they make a picked up by a live mic to which they are unaware of. Former President George W Bush which notoriously famous for this and often made remarks on the war in Iraq and ethnic minorities. More recently President Barack Obama, During a CNBC interview off the record called rapper Kayne West 'A Jackass' in reference to an MTV awards incident. Although this remark was met with praise, which reflected the views of many audience members.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6209985/Barack-Obama-confronts-America-over-the-racial-divide.html
Politicians have increasingly been using the Internet and digital technologies to gain further support, fund raise and organise various events as well as appear 'approachable' and 'up-to-date' Whether they truly are using these technologies as means of getting 'in touch' with the people or are using it as a vote gaining ploy, one can only guess. Barack Obama used Facebook and Twitter to 'connect' with a younger voting demographic and used his personal website to collect donations and organise rallies and inform volunteers. John Key seemed to 'piggyback' onto the back of this idea and created his own video diaries and Facebook page.
However this same technology through broadcasting can often catch Politicians off guard, in which comments they make a picked up by a live mic to which they are unaware of. Former President George W Bush which notoriously famous for this and often made remarks on the war in Iraq and ethnic minorities. More recently President Barack Obama, During a CNBC interview off the record called rapper Kayne West 'A Jackass' in reference to an MTV awards incident. Although this remark was met with praise, which reflected the views of many audience members.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6209985/Barack-Obama-confronts-America-over-the-racial-divide.html