New conduits for spreading political news. Web 2.0 pattern at work…

Another article (NY Times 3/27) on how “young” people are no longer just reading news on political topics, but spreading links to interesting blogs, posts, videos and other information. This includes copies of speeches, opinions and other sources of information. So, that’s not the news. What is news is that the share of Democratic voters under 30 has increased to 16% this year from < 10% in 2004. The increase is less dramatic for the Republican party, but is an increase nonetheless. So, in my opinion, another demonstration of the effect of the Internet and more importantly, how it is now being used in new ways by the Gen-Y’s. This is the point of web 2.0 – not the cool tools, but the way the internet is being used by Gen-Y’s and the change in usage patterns.

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