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 * Lab Assignment #7**

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 * The Internet is how the mass media views and interacts with the world in a sense. The internet is so widespread that it makes a person think that you can really be in two places at once. Well in Naheed Nenshi's case it really did seem like he was in more than just two places at one, as he was becoming a social networking King. He started late in the race for mayor of Calgary, but with his strong presence [|Blogging], [|Facebook], [|YouTube]and [|Twitter]. He even had his own website ([|http://www.nenshi.ca]). I could not help but explore each of his social media pages and read a bit. He had me pretty convinced watching a youtube video of him, and something about the purple, catches your attention, yet sells as a royal colour to the person using it (same could be said about Smitherman's late mayor race on Ford, with the colour purple as his main colour).
 * Social media now has extended not to just college and university students; how facebook orignally started as, but instead it going widespread to various age groups, both young and old. Viewed in one of my classes this semester, I learned how the internet in a way is like the radio and television evolution. Eventually once more and more people use the Web for daily use, like the radio (car) and television (at home) then slowly politics and the government will start showing a strong presence. Its smart though, in politics, we know they are all two-faced schum-bags, but the more you are aware of them, and the more publicity they receive, the more you show an interest in what they have to say.
 * Naheed Neshi uses the new web 2.0 to stay interactive with the human population by giving updates and replies to his site and blogs often, so that users get involved in his work. He focuses his attention to the city itself, and has online conversations with users, letting them know what his plans are. With a great background (Harvard graduate) he shows that if Obama can do it, so can he, winning the votes of voters through gaining social capital online.