{"id":5275,"date":"2014-10-16T13:38:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T20:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/?p=5275"},"modified":"2014-10-20T22:13:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T05:13:11","slug":"blakeborough-weighs-in-on-impact-of-social-media-in-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2014\/10\/16\/blakeborough-weighs-in-on-impact-of-social-media-in-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Blakeborough weighs in on impact of social media in elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sociology professor <strong>Darren Blakeborough<\/strong> was quoted in the Oct 16 Chilliwack Times for an article about the impact of social media on local election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an excerpt: \u201cSocial media is an essential tool in modern elections for sure,\u201d he said. \u201cIt gives quick, easy, and inexpensive access to a growing number of people, all of whom are potentially votes for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blakeborough is also quick to point out it is just one tool in the toolbox, and is really just a means to an end; a way to reach prospective voters, direct them to your broader message and maybe meet you in person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes this mean that the door knocking is out? I don\u2019t think so, not yet anyway, but it does offer alternatives to have your views and opinions disseminated in a larger social way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chilliwacktimes.com\/news\/279436272.html\">http:\/\/www.chilliwacktimes.com\/news\/279436272.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sociology professor Darren Blakeborough was quoted in the Oct 16 Chilliwack Times for an article about the impact of social media on local election campaign. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: \u201cSocial media is an essential tool in modern elections for sure,\u201d he said. \u201cIt gives quick, easy, and inexpensive access to a growing number of people, all &#8230; <a title=\"Blakeborough weighs in on impact of social media in elections\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2014\/10\/16\/blakeborough-weighs-in-on-impact-of-social-media-in-elections\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}