In part 3 of my interview, I ask Wilkes about politics and social media. He discusses Sarah Palin’s use of Facebook, and Obama’s leveraging of social media for his Presidential campaign.

Wilkes also offers his analysis of #HST on Twitter and the grassroots organization around the issue of Harmonized Sales Tax in BC.

About the interview subject:

During my Master’s degree in professional communication at Royal Roads University, I took a course called Human-Computer Interaction. To make a long story short, it’s what got me involved in the systematic exploration and use of social media.

On August 26, 2009, I sat down with my professor from that course, Gilbert Vanburen Wilkes IV, PhD. He is an Assistant Professor in RRU’s School of Communication and Culture and Program Head for the BA in Professional Communication. He holds a BA in English Literature from Butler University in Indianapolis, IN; an MA in English with a concentration in Rhetoric from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA; and a PhD in Rhetoric also from Carnegie Mellon.

You can follow him on Twitter (@casuist) or read his blog, liber.rhetoricae.

Look for part four in the series next week.

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