C-SPAN Gets Social for the Dem Convention
Posted by Nick O'Neill on August 27th, 2008 9:46 PMHave you been paying attention to the Democratic National Convention? It’s pretty much the only thing in the news for the entire week so if you haven’t heard about it you have probably been living under a rock (or some similar form of shelter). There are a bunch of sites covering the events but when it comes to the mainstream press there aren’t many doing a great job as it applies to social media.
If you haven’t read about it elsewhere, C-SPAN in partnership with JESS3 (who is also drives the images of the Social Times) and New Media Strategies released a site which has full coverage of the convention from C-SPAN as well all other sources around the web. It is not a single sourced coverage but is instead an aggregation of everything which is going on around the country.
The site is significant because it places blogs on the same platform as traditional media. For the boring old C-SPAN, this site appears to be a complete shift from the company’s more traditional past. Included in the site are live streams from QIK and best of all an aggregator of all the Twitter activity surrounding the DNC as well as the RNC. The difference between this and Politweets, another political Twitter aggregator, is that this site has a basic level of statistics about the tweets taking place.
Take a look at the DNC08 Twitter Page to see more DNC coverage. As the coverage concludes later this week, look to the site to give full coverage of the RNC convention. It’s a competition between the parties for building the most buzz and we are only half way through the process. This week the Democrats have taken the stage, continue to watch the coverage through next week on the RNC Convention Hub.
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As for C-SPAN being "boring" it all depends on where you are coming from I guess. Personally -- client aside -- the fact that they don't go on and on with punditry and let me make my own decisions is awesome. And there is no other network out there that covers as much of the political process as C-SPAN. Definitely give me a call if you would like to discuss more -- I tried reaching you earlier today but know you are swamped with the impending Social Ad Summit.
Here are what a few bloggers are saying about C-SPAN (public affairs network) VS. TV networks...
"Ignore Convention Pundit Blowhards; Watch C-Span" http://pjnet.org/post/1853/
"It's good that we have C-Span and Internet options to get a direct feed of the convention" http://thebluevoice.blogspot.com/2008/08/democr...
"best view of the convention was the one unadorned by punditry and available only on CSpan" http://longlivethevillagegreen.blogspot.com/200...
"...mid Leach speech, switched over to C-SPAN coverage and was met with roaring approval by the bloggers." http://bdevine.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/c-span-...
PS: I am also on TV every night sharing what is hopping on the Hub :-)
Best Wishes,
Leslie
Community Manager, NMS
President, JESS3
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