Last night permatang pauh finally sent the loudest signal about what the young people want. That they cannot tolerate pople who think they are fools who cannot think about what is good for their future.
The collective memory of people who grew up in Penang, and left it to go to the city like KL is that this is a sleepy hollow. IT WAS. Now it's another typical Penang place with all the modern amenities, like bayan baru, prai, seberang jaya or even kepala batas.And with it comes broadband interconnectivity and the internet (read:bloggers).
The voters of the constituency of the founder of the reformasi movement in malaysia have stood behind their leader in delivering the votes and the message (3P - permatang pauh ,parliament ,putrajaya) And broadband is probably the only thing that made that delivery possible. Blow by blow information was delivered via the webmedia and one new blogger that probably stood up was www.tukartiub.blogspot.com. In two weeks nearly 300 thouand visitors have visited the blog as it gave the latest account of the happenings in the run up and final conclusion of the by electon campaign. This again is proof of the power of citizen journalism.
Tukartiubdelivered wasdelib=vered in a simple, easy and straight forward manner with humour,sarcasm, satire and cynicism thrown in for entertainment.Tukartiub was inspired by youtube without the video but the power of the written word fuelled the imagination of the reader even to the point of feeling the atmosphere of the campaigning. Visitors to the blog came from all over the world, some regretting not being in pp to soak in the atmosphere.
I was there for two nights and on polling day. The atmosphere already told everyone who will be the eventual winner. It also confirms the fact that broadband and the young cannot be separated when it comes to putting across ideas and opinions. The mainstream media have to reinvent itself as its relevance is declining faster than you think.
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TRUE. When TV first appeared, radio thot it was a threat... But to be relevant look at radio stations now, from the internet they are also available on TV.. Dj's are now visible and cannot be working in their sarong or underwear..unless you are JJ and Rudy..hehehe
Print media needs to re-invent.. cause bloggers unite...!
bloggers rule, ok!
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