How the White House Has Become the Ultimate 'Social Network’ | HowStuffWorks NOW

1/22/2016: From social media platforms to online citizen petitions, the modern-day White House leverages new platforms to not only broadcast out communications to U.S. Citizens 24/7, but also uses these platforms to listen to the concerns of citizens.   Keeping things personal is important, as many constituents still prefer to share their thoughts on paper and over the phone. 

This transformation is being led by former Silicon Valley executives focused on pushing innovation and open communication in the fast-paced world of social and digital media.

Special thanks to Jason Goldman, Megan Smith, Fiona Reeves, Hope Hall and the entire White House Digital team.

CORRECTION 1/23/16: Megan Smith's title was mislabelled as 'White House Chief Technology Officer' - the correct title should be 'United States Chief Technology Officer'.

music: ‘Wonder Cycle’ by Chris Zabriskie

How the White House Has Become the Ultimate 'Social Network’ | HowStuffWorks NOW

[emagirl]

Interesting look in the White House digital communications, Thank you for sharing!

[howstuffworks]

Correction: Megan Smith is US Chief Technology Officer, appointed by President Obama in September 2014. The voiceover indicated the correct title, but the on-screen graphics labelled her title as White House Chief Technology Officer.

[arenring]

Thank you How Stuff Works and Obama Administration I now know that through social networking my voice will finally be heard!!! Ha whatever. Now I will be deleting the How Stuff Works App and unsubscribing this propagating corporate media channel.