Comments on: Mobile’s Influence in Politics http://aurnhammer.com/mobile-politics/ I love making branded apps for iOS, Android and the Web Tue, 08 Jul 2014 14:48:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: John http://aurnhammer.com/mobile-politics/#comment-114 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:54:29 +0000 http://aurnhammerllc.com/?p=3256#comment-114 Very informative, but I wonder, while mobile technology has certainly facilitated our political process by making it easier for people to get news and get involved, does that mean it has strengthened it? I believe it is a double edged sword; the instantaneous manner in which we can now get political information (something mobile technology certainly facilitates) has created various echo chambers and a 24 hour news cycle, which I believe is partly responsible for bringing all areas of our government to never before seen levels of gridlock. And while mobile tech has certainly made more political information available to the public than ever before, how much of it is accurate? How much undue attention does this instantaneous, 24/7 news cycle give to trivial matters? Does the fact that mobile tech makes it easier for politicians to ask us for money really benefit we the people? After watching a presidential campaign in which both candidates spent over 1BILLION dollars to take negative, deceitful, and dishonest campaigning to new level, I’m not so sure it does.

This is not to say that mobile tech has an exclusively negative affect on our national debate; merely to point out that it has its pros and cons, and the cons might not be able to measured it stats.

]]> By: Jamie http://aurnhammer.com/mobile-politics/#comment-113 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:17:36 +0000 http://aurnhammerllc.com/?p=3256#comment-113 I can’t wait to be able to vote on mobile. I would elected the leader of the free world in my pjs.

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