How Much Is An Oscar Worth To A Politician?
February 27, 2007 at 10:53 am
Apparently, not much. New Media Strategies looked at Web 2.0 buzz surrounding Al Gore’s Academy Award win for best documentary, on global warming.
As of 3 p.m. Monday, ten video clips of Al Gore at the Oscars had been uploaded to YouTube. But none of them had gone viral, meaning no one was e-mailing them around, or received any traction online. A total of only 384 views for all 10 clips.
Gore’s online social networking numbers are a bit a bit better, but not by much. Comparing the numbers for the “Draft Gore” MySpace page and the five largest Gore Facebook groups before the Oscars (1 p.m. Saturday) and after (3 p.m. Monday), we found a bump of 8%. That’s respectable, but the hard numbers are tiny: friends/members increased from 4,649 to 5,019, up 370.
With Web 2.0 dominating politics these days, that might not be enough to launch an Al Gore presidential campaign. Oscars may mean something to the billion TV viewers, but for online activists, it’s less impressive.
Today’s “Reliable Source” column in the Washington Post has more. Click here.
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etn said,
February 27, 2007 @ 12:03 pm
share your thoughts on Gore…thumbs-up or thumbs-DOWN!?
Bryan J. Scrafford said,
February 27, 2007 @ 12:40 pm
I think you have to also look at the fact that many people believe that Al Gore won’t be running and they might not be joining up for that reason.
richarda said,
February 27, 2007 @ 4:54 pm
“With Web 2.0 dominating politics these days . . . .
This may merit attention by the Overstatement Police.
Jim Treacher said,
February 28, 2007 @ 8:35 pm
Also, you have to look at the fact that it’s Al Gore.