For Social Media Day, we asked what social media means to you and how is it changing politics? A few senators and congressman responded on Twitter:
Senator John McCain, @SenJohnMcCain: allows your voice to be heard – from demonstrators in #Tehran to @sn00ki on tanning bed taxes
Congressman Edolphus Towns, @OversightDems: Social Media is making government more accessible and accountable
House Republican Leader John Boehner, @GOPLeader: Social media=listening to the American people. That’s why House GOP is innovating and Dems are still on dial-up.
Today’s most important person you don’t know: Pete Cashmore.
Today is officially “Social Media Day.” Social media is used on all levels of government and around Washington. Almost every campaign has a robust Facebook account, politicians tweet multiple times a day and the White House periodically responds to events using YouTube.
Social Media Day was the idea of Cashmore, the founder of Mashable. Mashable is the world’s largest blog focusing on Web 2.0 and Social Media news.
Today, there are over 620 Social Media Day Meetups happening in 93 countries. And the Mayor of Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, officially declared June 30th Social Media Day after a Mashable organizer petitioned the city council.
So here is our question: what does social media mean to you and how is it changing politics? Tweet us your response to @JohnKingUSA and some of the best answers will be read tonight on CNN at 7 p.m. et .
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