INteresting to see how politicians are now looking to subvert social media and correct its messages. A PAC that has reportedly received million dollars in funding is pledging to increase its fight against those who personally attack Clinton and her superdelegates on social media. Correct the Record, as it is known, has created a task force to aid the Democrat primary hopeful’s online supporter base and “push back” against the online harassment being thrown at Clinton.
Elections around again - and politicians have moved onto the latest forms of social media in the US. Interesting whether their is a belief this will affect the outcome or simply confuse the outcome.
" We want to tell the story of the Egyptian revolution with the same tools that
helped share it with the world in realtime. We want #18DaysInEgypt to be a
crowd-sourced interactive documentary of the events in Egypt from #Jan25 to
#Feb11.
During the latest UK election - a Facebook group was setup to support
a political party called the Liberal Democrats into Power. This group had
similar success getting a particular record to the top of the UK charts.
38 degrees is a website for asking for political action, and through a clever
IT System allows UK residents to send an email immediately to their local
politician.
"But one call she got on Halloween still haunts her. It was a recorded message read by a presidential candidate trying to get her to vote. "It was Mitt Romney saying, 'I know you have an absentee ballot and I know you haven't sent it in yet,' " Trulen said in an interview. "That just sent me over the line. Not only is it like Big Brother. It is Big Brother. It's down to where they know I have a ballot and I haven't sent it in! I thought when I requested the ballot that the only other entity that would know was the Mukwonago clerk.""
Politics 2.0 - and more regarding giving power to the people. Does Twitter and
Social Media really give back the power discussed above?
Clay Shirky's TED talk was one of the first to link social media
including Twitter with a new movement to end top down control
of news and so change the nature of politics itself.
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helped share it with the world in realtime. We want #18DaysInEgypt to be a
crowd-sourced interactive documentary of the events in Egypt from #Jan25 to
#Feb11.
a political party called the Liberal Democrats into Power. This group had
similar success getting a particular record to the top of the UK charts.
IT System allows UK residents to send an email immediately to their local
politician.
Is this Hugo Chavez's Twitter Account or a Fake?
Youtube generation
and if an initiative gathers enough votes, the government must vote on it."
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message read by a presidential candidate trying to get her to vote.
"It was Mitt Romney saying, 'I know you have an absentee ballot and
I know you haven't sent it in yet,' " Trulen said in an interview. "That
just sent me over the line. Not only is it like Big Brother. It is Big Brother.
It's down to where they know I have a ballot and I haven't sent it in! I
thought when I requested the ballot that the only other entity that would
know was the Mukwonago clerk.""
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political party discusses how Technology will lead to less centralised power
and more power be given to the people.
Social Media really give back the power discussed above?
including Twitter with a new movement to end top down control
of news and so change the nature of politics itself.
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