Hillary Clinton has a very active online presence. She has a facebook page...Although it doesn't appear to be her personal page, but instead a page someone else runs about her potential campaign.
Her twitter page is very active and seems to be run by her personally. It has regular posts about relevant topics i.e. vaccinations. (www.twitter.com/hillaryclinton)
I've noticed several negative takes of Secretary Clinton on YouTube; Some that are sexist in nature. Again this is gonna be a battle for her, as well as a particularly unique struggle as it relates to social media. Social media allows for interaction from the public, and there are filters. So whereas a male candidate may have people disagreeing with their policy on social media, she has to worry about people being disgusting on hers. YouTube appears to be the particularly bad offender on this issue. People who disagree with Hillary seem to regularly revert to her sex. (YouTube) I typed in Hillary Clinton and sorted by view count, that's where the gross stuff is.
It may be in her best interest to have a limited social media presence, however this type of thing is going to happen either way. They say no publicity is bad publicity, and sometimes I find that hard to believe, but maybe there is some truth to it. If I know her the way I think I know her, sexism online and in the media may only fuel her even more. She may use it as a example of how far we have to go to combat sexism in America.
twitter.com/hillaryclinton
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_sort=video_view_count&search_query=hillary+clinton
Would it be beneficial for Hillary to run her own Facebook page so that she could express her personal views and have her followers feel as if it is actually her trying to connect with them?
ReplyDeleteI think it would but I'm sure she realizes the pros aren't outweighed by the cost--time spent managing the accounts. I'm under the impression that she does manage her own twitter though.
DeleteHillary is clearly present online, and I feel like this only helps her campaign. She is more easily able to spread her ideas and either affiliate or disaffiliate with previously stated views. What do you think she gains by running her accounts personally?
ReplyDeleteIt seems that she only runs her twitter personally. She is a very busy person, so it probably benefits her to have someone else run other media outlets. I would think that she could gain clarity and authenticity in her messages by running twitter herself.
DeleteDo you think there could be any political backlash from her social media/online use?
ReplyDeleteI don't see much backlash apart from getting into it with someone on twitter, which I don't really see happening. There is the possibility she could get criticized for being out of touch as well as her just being an older candidate.
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