C-SPAN isn’t particularly popular channel.  To be honest most of the time it’s almost unwatchable.  It is known for its 24/7 coverage of government and public affairs programming with viewers that are most likely to be middle-aged political science professors (and Cher).  However, C-SPAN is trying to change its reputation with the launch of two new websites dedicated to the upcoming Democratic Convention in Denver and Republican Convention in Minneapolis.  Michael Arrington finds the two new C-SPAN sites incorporate citizen journalism via blogs, Twitter, YouTube and Qik into portals to cover convention and related news while complimenting the existing C-SPAN Politics site.

Obama has found success and recognition with online campaigning and social networking.  It will be interesting to see if C-SPAN can do the same.

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