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Politics in Web 2.0
This page is an attempt at housing lots of cool stuff that is being written about Web 2.0 and politics. Gearing up for the 2008 presidential cycle, candidates are looking at the using the web like never before. Frankly, there's so much good stuff and I don't know where to collect so I'm gonna do it here. Please add anything you see related on here too so we can all be political nerds together.
It's Going to be a Webified 2008 Election (Poynter Online)This article points to -- and provides links to:
Election 2006 Online (Pew Internet & American Life Project)
This report from a reported sources shows that the Internet was the primary source of campaign news for 15% of Americans -- up from 7% in the 2002 mid-term elections. The study (PDF here) also showed a rise in online activism.
(via Politics and Technology)
WI-FI: Political Wedge Issue?
Cities need wireless to be competitive. And politicians know it. So many, including LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, are working to bring wireless access to all part of their jurisdictions. Mayor V pointed to many benefits: access to information, safety, economic benefits, etc.
AbsentCongress.org keeps track of the voting records of Senators including many 2008 presidential candidates.
Blog the Campaign in 08 is a group blog looking at how social media is "changing the political landscape."
There is a YouTube channel where some guy is posting reviews of how the candidates are using YouTube.
techPresident is charting each how each Presidential candidate is doing in terms of Flickr feeds, MySpace friends, etc. -- ie. how strong is the candidate's social network.
The Open House Project is a nonpartisan effort to change the rules of the House of Representatives to make use of the internet. The house rules were made long before the internet, and these rules don't encourage much in terms of open government, responsivness, etc. The OHP seeks to change that.
John Edwards has launched a Second Life presence. He hopes to build support among early adopters.
Do The Right Thing is a Web 2.0 site that uses Digg-style tools to keep Corporate America accountable.
It's Going to be a Webified 2008 Election (Poynter Online)This article points to -- and provides links to:
- Hillary's web-first announcement of her candidacy
- Edwards' pre-announcement posting of a campaign platform video onto video sites.
- Washington Post article on campaigns hiring folks to do video 'backstage' with candidates
- Obama's high quality online campaign video and clean simple web site.
Election 2006 Online (Pew Internet & American Life Project)
This report from a reported sources shows that the Internet was the primary source of campaign news for 15% of Americans -- up from 7% in the 2002 mid-term elections. The study (PDF here) also showed a rise in online activism.
(via Politics and Technology)
WI-FI: Political Wedge Issue?
Cities need wireless to be competitive. And politicians know it. So many, including LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, are working to bring wireless access to all part of their jurisdictions. Mayor V pointed to many benefits: access to information, safety, economic benefits, etc.
AbsentCongress.org keeps track of the voting records of Senators including many 2008 presidential candidates.
Blog the Campaign in 08 is a group blog looking at how social media is "changing the political landscape."
There is a YouTube channel where some guy is posting reviews of how the candidates are using YouTube.
techPresident is charting each how each Presidential candidate is doing in terms of Flickr feeds, MySpace friends, etc. -- ie. how strong is the candidate's social network.
The Open House Project is a nonpartisan effort to change the rules of the House of Representatives to make use of the internet. The house rules were made long before the internet, and these rules don't encourage much in terms of open government, responsivness, etc. The OHP seeks to change that.
John Edwards has launched a Second Life presence. He hopes to build support among early adopters.
Do The Right Thing is a Web 2.0 site that uses Digg-style tools to keep Corporate America accountable.
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| lindscpond | e-politics | 0 | May 7 2007, 7:14 PM EDT by lindscpond | ||
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I like the idea of regaining grassroots through Web 2.0 (or just through ICT efforts in general), but I'm curious as to whether this will actually be effective at getting citizens to the polls. What do you think? Are politicians reaching out to non-voters by bringing their campaigns online? As we all remember, the hype of 'Rock the Vote' had the best of intentions, but it was not effective at getting young people to the polls. In some ways it seems like we have the cart in front of the horse: the politics are online, but voting is not.
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| lizb | obama | 0 | Jan 29 2007, 9:46 PM EST by lizb | ||
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I spend a lot of time on the web, on non-political sites and I was impressed to find Obama's video announcement about his presidential exploratory committee show up in my Facebook feed. I'd added him as a friend a while back, and almost forgot he was my Facebook friend until i saw the video posting. After seeing the vid I felt more in the know about his campaign, even though I rarely keep up unless it's an election year. I think Facebook is particularly a great asset for candidates and would like to see how more of them use the site.
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