Political Arena

Social media sites like Facebook, Friendster, Plurk and Twitter are such a big hit here in the Philippines. People use this to keep in touch and be updated with the latest news. Political Arena is the Philippines first socio-political networking site. Its goal is to provide voter education by exploring the site features.

Politics is a hot topic now because it is nearing election day. As the Americans campaign for change during their last election, Filipino’s do as well. Filipino’s are wiser now, due to the help of media and internet.

Through television and radio, we could watch and hear debates of Presidential candidates that would help to know their personality and beliefs. Every channel are preparing a special episode that would cover this debate. However, only a few people could interact with the candidates on these events.

In the internet, Political Arena provides a venue for the masses to interact with the candidates. A member of the site like me, could ask questions regarding political issues and wait for an answer from the candidates. Members have an option to ask all the candidates or address a question to a candidate. Questions will be posted after 24 hours. There is also a section for political forum, in where members could interact with each other.

I wanted to know what other people think about the issue of Government projects marked as finish or done but not. So, I posted it on the forum and also asked questions to the candidates on what they would do to avoid these situations.

“Politicalarena.com operates under the network of 88DB.com, the Philippines’ first rich media service portal.”