Computer campaign: technology puts a new spin on an old game
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Election-year politics are revolutionized by the use of computer technology to increase candidate communication with voters and allow candidates access to more voter data. In the presidential arena, Pres George Bush has released an interactive floppy disk to educate voters on his message. Democratic nominee Bill Clinton has representatives answering questions on the CompuServe online information service. Independent candidate Ross Perot held a series of 'electronic town meetings' to bring together volunteers across the US. Voters for state and local offices can purchase data about registered voter on compact disk, and microcomputers are used to maintain large databases of voter data and preferences. Political scientists note that the technology revolution benefits candidates, but some have reservations that the public is being benefited. Some political scientists believe that the growth in the use of technology by candidates favors rich, often incumbent, candidates over less capitalized challengers.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1992
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A story of the type that turns heads in computer circles; digital smiley faces are used in e-mail conversations by the lateral-minded
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Many users of electronic mail systems and computer bulletin boards use emotive punctuation sequences to express sentiments that may not be otherwise communicated in the text of their messages. It is usually required that the readers of messages containing these emotive ASCII characters learn to view them from the side in order to interpret their meaning. The most common symbol, :->, is called a 'smiley' and is meant to communicate positive feelings or soften the tone of text that could be misinterpreted as hostile. Conversely, another common symbol is :-< , which is meant to communicate an unhappy or depressed state. There is a dictionary of 664 unique variations of the smiley that is circulating among computer bulletin boards nationally. While some electronic communications observers see the emotive symbols as a valuable communication tool, others find them distasteful.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1992
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