Obama in 140 characters

How is social networking changing the world?

Well, for starters, our President is on Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace now.

The 2008 Presidential elections were famous for more than just the first African-American and first woman candidates, but for their communication strategies. President Obama's campaign manager was extremely recognized for his push for the use of social networking to get to voters. As a voter, I was personally impressed at the amount of blogging, tweeting and Facebooking that the Obama campaign used, which is why I'm not surprised that the White House is now blogging.

As our own nation changes it's form of communicating, will that change society like Clay Shirky claimed in his book, Here Comes Everybody? How will the government's use of social networking change our nation?

The use of these platforms will also provide multiple platforms for citizens to communicate back to their government - both positively and negatively. With Twitter feeds updating at the speed of light these days, it will be fascinating to see how citizens and well as the government will utilize these platforms to regulate feedback.

Perhaps our State of the Union will soon be limited to 140 characters on Twitter?