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WKU Public Radio News Staff
Elections
10:45 am
Mon October 22, 2012
Presidential Debates Light Up Social Media
By Lisa Autry
If the past is any indication, Monday night's final presidential debate will saturate social media. Last week's face-off between President Obama and Mitt Romney generated more than 12 million comments on Facebook and Twitter.
In the past, debate watchers would sit through the entire 90-minute broadcast to hear post-debate analysis from a select group of television pundits. Now, a much wider audience can react long before a debate concludes. As Lisa Autry reports, social media has given rise to armchair pundits.
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