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If ever there was an example of a "Communications Revolution" it has been this last presidential election. Never before in our lifetime have we seen such a huge shift in communication styles merged with technology and message. In the 60's, President Kennedy may have had the youth vote, but he, and the world, had mere shimmers of dreams of the impact and potential that a electro-techno-media connecto world would bestow.
For years we have been told that technology would change things, but did we ever expect this? The Republicans and Old Guard Democrats certainly didn’t.
In addition to the political shift, the 2009 Inauguration replaced the sovereignty of the Boomers with the new Empire of Millennial values. The Boomers leaders have been asked to watch the compass, but there is no question whose hand is upon the wheel.
Revolutions always replace the old with the new but this transformation has been a "bloodless revolution” . . .as long as you don’t count the bloodshot eyes. In our ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) world, the networks and Internet have been thrilled to serve the appetite of “eye balls around the world” with a hundred million images.
One remarkable snapshot of this communications transformation came in Chicago. Moments before Obama walked on stage, when TV cameras panned the expectant crowds, many youthful heads bobbed up and down to check and send text messages. As texts confirmed his arrival, all heads pointed toward the light and cheered. This poignant, easily missed moment showed that with virtual umbilical cords, technology has personalized the political experience and been the birth canal of a revolution.
For years we have been told that technology would change things, but did we ever expect this? The Republicans and Old Guard Democrats certainly didn’t.
In addition to the political shift, the 2009 Inauguration replaced the sovereignty of the Boomers with the new Empire of Millennial values. The Boomers leaders have been asked to watch the compass, but there is no question whose hand is upon the wheel.
Revolutions always replace the old with the new but this transformation has been a "bloodless revolution” . . .as long as you don’t count the bloodshot eyes. In our ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) world, the networks and Internet have been thrilled to serve the appetite of “eye balls around the world” with a hundred million images.
One remarkable snapshot of this communications transformation came in Chicago. Moments before Obama walked on stage, when TV cameras panned the expectant crowds, many youthful heads bobbed up and down to check and send text messages. As texts confirmed his arrival, all heads pointed toward the light and cheered. This poignant, easily missed moment showed that with virtual umbilical cords, technology has personalized the political experience and been the birth canal of a revolution.
