The Socialist Group in European Parliament website's audience has doubled because of Twitter
The Socialist Group in European Parliament website's audience has doubled because of Twitter
"The Alliance & Progressive Socialist Democrats in the European Parliament website's audience has doubled in one year, because of Twitter" said Tony Robinson, head of the Internet Unit for this Parliamentary Group in Strasbourg during the European e-Democracy Award presentation for the 2009.
I guess that's good proof of the power (and the hype) of Twitter. But I was wondering are politicians really able to say something in only 140 characters? And think about it, what else could social media do to democracy and politics? Shouldn't politics be as open and social as possible?
