Saving Face…Book
Friday, September 11, 2009 by willist
I was thinking about the cultural convergence between our online and offline lives. I mentioned this idea today in class. In a recent speech Barack Obama cited Facebook as one of the best places to start when planning a political career.
Perhaps he was referring to one of his speechwriters, photographed and tagged in what you could describe as a fairly compromising position with a Hillary Clinton cut out. This story looks like a classic example of the convergence of this guys’ multiple lives.
I doubt for example (then candidate) Obama knew what this guy was getting up to in his private life. But as we discussed, Facebook and other social-networking mediums have an unique way of creating links, even when its not exactly in our best interests.