Daphne Hall on Social Media and Presidential Communication
Daphne Hall
Social Media and Presidential Communication
Claims and stances
Transcript
- 0:00 Okay, Tristan, I really like the direction that you're heading with like your topic of social media and political candidates.
- 0:09 Um, I thought you brought up a really interesting point when you discussed how mind-boggling it can be for political candidates to be a part of the platform that everyone else is a part of.
- 0:23 Um, but I do have a question for you and just for the general public on whether we think it's the platform's problem or the political candidates problem.
- 0:30 Um I think that you brought up a really interesting point about how easy it is to just get sucked into that world and really post whatever.
- 0:38 Um but I sometimes wonder about the need to think before we post, um, especially when you're in a you're in political office, or even if you just like have a high up position maybe at a company.
- 0:54 Um but I do agree with you.
- 0:56 I think that it's gotten a little crazy, especially with Twitter.
- 1:00 Um Twitter can get kind of out of hand sometimes.
- 1:03 And so I wonder if really it's about who the person is and how they understand that posting on social media um is out there for the entire world to see.
- 1:16 And I also think that you bring up a good point.
- 1:18 I think this also has to do with verifying um users on media platforms because how much are we verifying people and how do they get verified?
- 1:28 And what is that verification status do for the promotion of their content on these platforms?
- 1:34 And I think that sometimes those who are verified um their content is promoted and is more visible.
- 1:41 Um, so like it increases their visibility for really anyone to see.
- 1:47 And so I think it's a matter of giving the right people the right amount of voice on these platforms and making sure that those who are kind of crazy maybe don't have as much ability to use their voice on these platforms, um, or maybe aren't, or not even use their voice.
- 2:05 They can use their voice, but like maybe we just watch who we're verifying.
- 2:10 And yeah, but I really like this topic that you brought up, Tristan.