http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/17199/losing_language_control_not_message_control Comments for "Losing Language Control, Not Message Control" en http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/17199/losing_language_control_not_message_control <p>Colin Delany's <a href="http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/17119/who_learned_the_right_lessons_from_the_dean_campaign_a_reply_to_matt_bai"> comments on Matt Bai's recent NYT article</a> reminds me of so many conversations I have had about how Google killed message control. For a long time, I have argued that campaigns cannot control their message anymore. At best they can only hope to manage the chaos.</p> <p>But as a result of a recent conversation with my friend <a href="http://www.soc.american.edu/content.cfm?id=304">Lenny Steinhorn</a>, I am convinced that the internet has not killed message control, but rather language control. Campaigns may still be able to shape the message, but citizens are free to internalize it and restate it in their own language. And with the internet, any campaign's message is able to take root in the polity, in many forms and with greater impact.</p> <p><a href="http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/17199/losing_language_control_not_message_control">read more</a></p> http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/17199/losing_language_control_not_message_control#comment chaotic message control Colin Delany Facebook Matt Bai message control MySpace YouTube Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:01:46 -0500 Alan Rosenblatt 17199 at http://www.techpresident.com