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Social Media’s Role in Politics

Started by Nick O'Neill · 10 months ago

If you needed any other signs that social media is transforming the face of politics, yesterday ABC News released a statement saying that there have been over one million installs of the U.S. Politics application on Facebook. Blogs have played a significant role in elections since the 2000 electio ... Continue reading »

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Andrew Wright
1 year ago

Raising money online is still the aspect of campaigns that has been transformed significantly with the advent of the social web. Back in the day, you had to wait a week or more for checks to come in, whereas now Obama's Iowa victory leads to immediate cha-ching.

All this is around elections (understandable, considering the current backdrop), but how about interaction with government and officials beyond elections?

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