YouTube Debates Go International
Political debates utilizing the YouTube format are occurring in other countries following the CNN/YouTube model established in the 2007 primary season. My search has not been systematic but the globalization of the format came to our attention when Georgios Stasinopoulos (Athens) had two of three questions he prepared selected and asked during the Greek national telecast.
Georgios is an alumni of Ben Franklin Transatlantic Initiative, a State Department program hosted at Wake Forest University. The students prepared questions for the Democratic and Republican YouTube debates this past summer. (Examples)
In this question he asks about the integration of immigrants in Greek society.
