http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/353/french_election_shows_the_limits_of_user_generated_content Comments for "French Election Shows the Limits of User-Generated Content" en http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/353/french_election_shows_the_limits_of_user_generated_content <p>In a discussion about the recent French presidential election at the Personal Democracy Forum <a href="http://pdf2007.pbwiki.com/">unConference</a> this past Saturday, <a href="http://www.impulsionleblog.com/">Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry</a> presented an interesting thesis: not only did Ségolène Royal's 'net-centric strategy fail to win a majority at the polls, but her campaign's emphasis on citizen participation may have actually backfired entirely by undermining her perception as a leader and by leaving her dependent on a fatally unrepresentative group of voters.</p> <p><a href="http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/353/french_election_shows_the_limits_of_user_generated_content">read more</a></p> http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/353/french_election_shows_the_limits_of_user_generated_content#comment blogs French elections Royal Sarkozy social media User-generated content video Mon, 21 May 2007 14:07:26 -0400 Colin Delany 353 at http://www.techpresident.com