Sarah Palin's Social media uses and internet presence

        Sarah Palin appears to be actually one of the more involved politicians on social media and online in general. Sarah Palin does have a website which I have talked about before . The website has actually changed since last week so included in this post I have put a short clip of what the page looks like now . Instead of just a picture of Capital Hill as a “Cover photo” she has now added a bald eagle, and bear catching salmon, her holding a baby, you know everything that screams America that rolls through at the top. But also on this page she has links to all sorts of things, including videos and articles she likes. But one of these area’s however is actually a rolling feed from her twitter and then links to her on Twitter, Facebook, and even Pinterest. She in fact has a Pinterest account with titles such as “The people I fight for” where she post things about American heroes, also “Mama Grizzly and her cubs” under this section it’s titled meet the Palin's. I feel this is a unique take for a politician and it makes her a lot more accessible I feel, which is an image she has always had.

        However her social media has also gotten her in trouble. According to NYDailynews.com she also can be somewhat oblivious about what she posts and this could get her in some trouble. On the first of the year this year she posted a picture on Facebook that had her son, Trig, stepping on the back of the family dog in order to reach the sink and help with dishes. Her message of this post was to say that he is using what he has available to overcome an obstacle.
        Trig is diagnosed with down syndrome but he was determined to help with the dishes that day. But this ended up blowing up in her face with comments such as, “Poor dog. And how exactly is the dog supposed to get up, with a seventy or more pound kid on his spine?” This is something she should work on in the future elections.

        Palin also has her own online TV station called sarahpalinchannel.com in which she post what appear to be a daily episode for her followers to watch. There are several sub-titles on this page including America, and Obama. This is just another way she has boosted her online presence even more.

        So she is not only active on the the traditional social media sites, Facebook and Twitter, but she has also used Pinterest to reach a more broad audience and has even created her own channel rather than using a Youtube video she now can post what ever she wants on her own page. I think however moving forward into the next election she will need to be more carful about what she post on these because her image is already being damaged with things she has said in person she doesn’t need to harm it even more with things she writes on social media. And as for any question about Viral videos of Sarah Palin there are way to many to write about in this blog but my personal favorites are Tina Fey’s impersonation done on Saturday Night live. Thanks for reading so here’s a video of one of the SNL sketches.