On the day after supertuesday I have decided to do the check-up of what video posts were available on the portals YouTube, portal of the campaign of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama as it was already clear that that is where the main battle for votes shall be as on the republican side McCain was already in strong lead.
So what I decided was first to examine the 10 results on the first page of results that would appear if I entered the names of the candidates in the YouTube search engine.
When entering Hillary Clinton these were the results:
1. Coulter: I'll campaign for Hillary if McCain is the nominee Published on 31.1. 2008 it is a piece copied from Fox News presenting Hillary as a more conservative as John McCain. It had 65 video responses and 3689 written comments.
2. Keith Olbermann Blasts Hillary Clinton on her Iraq Vote
Published on 2.2.2008 the video deals with Clinton’s reasons for not supporting the 2002 amendment and the critique of such decision. There are 3 video responses and 155 text comments.
3. Vote Different Published on 5.5.2007 is a video mash up of the Apple Mackintosh video, presenting Hillary Clinton as Big Brother figure from Orwell’s novel 1984. The video has today 6 video responses and 21036 text comments published so far.
4. Hillary Clinton Sopranos Parody a video made for the Clinton campaign presenting Hillary and Bill Clinton in a restaurant and choosing a song. 13 Video responses,2366 text comments 434922 views.
5. Hillary Clinton Sings National Anthem A video on which Hillary Clinton sings badly the American anthem. No video responses, 8036 text comments and 1769385 views
6. Debate - Hillary Clinton on illegal immigrants/licenses Video clip from 30.10.2007 debate presenting Clinton as uncertain and unclear on this issue. This video has 60682 views and no video responses of text comments.
7. The Politics of Parsing A video dealing with the debate and unclear issues of the candidate from the debate on 30.11.2007. Video published on 2.11.2007- 13 video responses 2083 comments and377292 views altogether.
8. CNN Interviews Student Who asks Hillary a Planted Question A student claims that she was asked a question that she has been instructed to ask. Video published on 13.11.2007 224519 views no comments or responses.
9. Mike Gravel Exposes Clinton & Obama on Iran, Hillary Cackles Mike Gravel’s attack on Hillary at the democratic debate. Published on 26.9.2007 with 275922 views, 13responses and 2758 comments
10. 236.com: SwiftKids-Hillary Clinton A video made in a documentary way featuring several children presenting Clinton as a man, thief, etc. Published on 9.11.2007 128411 views, 3 video responses and 268 comments.
When entering Barack Obama
1. Barack Obama's response to Bush's final State of the Union Obama presents his views as opposiite to Bush. Posted on 26.1.2008 1088369 views 760 comments
2. Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video A music video presenting various famous Obama supporters singing his slogan Yes we can and speaking segments of his speeches.. Published on 2.2.2008 1846345views 59 video responses and 10547 comments.
3. Barack Obama: My Plans for 2008 Barack Obama speaking to his audience about 2008. 666154views. 14video responses and 3690 comments
4. Candidates@Google: Barack Obama Barack Obama visiting google and interview. 116995 views and 0 comments.
5. Barack Obama's Speech at the Jefferson Jackson Dinner Live speech of Obama at the Jefferson Jackson Dinner. 10.11.2007 267558 Views 3video responses 1239 comments
6. Barack Obama "I inhaled frequently" "That was the point" Barack obama admiting using marijuana. 2.11.2007 168176views 566comments
7.FOX ATTACKS OBAMA A composition of televiosion attacks on Obama. Published on 21.2.2007 962176views 12593comments.
8.Meet Barack Obama Presentational video for the candidate. Posted on 19.1.2007 385184 veiws 13 video responses and 1468 comments
9.Barack Obama Iowa Caucus Victory Speech 3.1.2008 276426 views 17 video responses,3514comments.
10.Barack Obama 2004 Democratic National Convention Part 1 The Video of Speech made by Obama in 2004. Published on 16.9.2006, 253978 Views, 1 video response and 1307 comments.
It needs to be said that the search was made on the setting that the results are shown as the most relevant of all time this is the default search setting of You tube and would be found without any changes made and probably the information that a new user would therefore get. What can easily be observed is that Obama search provides a lot more materials that promote him and his campaign and that critics are a lot fewer than in the case of Hillary Clinton. This form me is an indication of how the Obama campaign if far more aware of the importance of these kind of search in trough the search engine of YouTube, making a far better impression than Clinton.
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