President Barack Obama Tweets!

by: Giselle Namata

             Many of you may follow President Barack Obama on twitter among his 29 million followers. President Obama’s tweets include information about current events and his views, although is it really his words? Tweets included his opinions and policies that will be taken into action during his presidency. At first when Obama was first announcing his candidacy in 2007, a few days before, his team created a twitter expressing his views.  Although he was making the tweets himself originally, not too long after, did his social networking team takeover the account. Organization for Action clearly states on all Obama’s social networking sites, that the accounts are run by themselves. OFA handles every online account, social media account, email addresses, and much more.
                President Obama understands the huge importance that social networking plays in our everyday lives. It was a very smart, strategic decision to connect to the citizens of the United States through social media. The internet never stops in this new age, and President Barack made a good choice to start up his twitter account, which many people were taken aback by.
                The various outlooks that is presented on any social media sight, may not even by President Obama’s own opinion! He may not even agree with everything that is put up on the websites, as previously stated, he is not in control of his accounts. Many people may be fooled by the illusion of President Obama actually sitting at a computer or on a mobile device, tweeting about his views.
                Many people don’t find it ethical for our president to be connected to the people in such ways. Let alone hand over the account to another company to manage and deal with the situations that may occur, and the several millions of followers that his twitter account prevails. What do you think of President Barack Obama’s twitter? Is this an appropriate situation?