Here on WebTVWire we’ve explored how YouTube is being used as a new playing field for many different things, from cries for help, to a place for gamers to show off.
And now, it’s being used a weapon of politicians to prove they are tech savvy and more down with the digital age of youngsters and technophiles.
Gordon Brown’s YouTube Question Time
10 Downing Street, the home of the British Prime Minister has had a YouTube channel for over a year, but Gordon Brown has now launched a new venture, a kind of YouTube version of Prime Minister’s question time.
He has pledged, in a video embedded below, to respond to questions posed through the official site, in what is being promised as a regular event.
Ask The PM
There’s no doubting it’s a good idea, getting column inches, and being a brilliant way of getting in touch with voters feelings and views on a range of topics, but I can’t help feeling it’s more a gimmick than anything else.
The New Craze
It seems it’s the new craze for politicians to utilise new technologies and Web apps to prove they are progressive, but the time needed to keep up with the latest trends usually means it is a short, headline-grabbing experiment.
I really hope Brown proves me wrong, and gets one over on Conservative rival David Cameron. They should at least be praised for being ahead of George W. Bush who has only just embraced Web video on his way out of the White House.
