My topic is to look at how political activists use the internet. In recent years the importance of the internet in politics has grown immensely. I plan on looking at a few different type of political players over the course of the project to see the differences within this sub-group. So I figured what better way to start then with Russ Feingold.
Every politician has a personal website so I figured that is where I would start my search into the world of politics. His home page is pretty standard with links to news articles, video of interviews, and of course a map of Wisconsin. What I found interesting is that there are links to RSS feeds and podcast's. If you click on the "In the news tab" you can follow even more links to Senator Feingold's blog post on the Huffington Post. Podcast's and Blog Post are everywhere in politics because it is free commercial space where you can reach and try to relate to constituents. The Feingold persona is shaped through the internet because it is the fastest and easiest way to reach the voters. Web 2.0 has created an entire new market for politics and politicians have become new media users to keep up.
Here is one of his blog post if you are interested
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