FLASH — A NEW POLITICAL MEDIUM
Written by Mark Kleiman
Published October 11, 2002
Published October 11, 2002
Instead of pouring money into expensive TV time — especially in states such as New Hampshire, where the major TV station are across a state line — candidates have started making videos, posting them, and then distributing the URL's. Where an ad, like this one for Jeanne Shaheen, is both hard-hitting and fun to watch, the impact per dollar can be enormous.
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- FLASH — A NEW POLITICAL MEDIUM
- Published: October 11, 2002
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- Writer: Mark Kleiman
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it'll be interesting to see how the 'marketing' of politics changes over the next decade or so. the stuff going on in new hampshire is disgusting: wall-to-wall ads, each one with almost nothing positive to say...and full of (oversimplified) accusation and inuendo.
and they wonder why the turnout rate is so low.
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Thanks Mark, that's important in the Ohio governor's race as well.