Campaigns Use Social Media to Lure In Younger Voters. If the presidential campaigns of 2008 were dipping a toe into social media like Facebook and Twitter, their 2012 versions are well into the deep end.
They are taking to fields of online battle that might seem obscure to the non-Internet-obsessed — sharing song playlists on Spotify, adding frosted pumpkin bread recipes to Pinterest and posting the candidates’ moments at home with the children on Instagram. At stake, the campaigns say they believe, are votes from citizens, particularly younger ones, who may not watch television or read the paper but spend plenty of time on the social Web. Political Parties Lose Their Monopoly: Techno-Optimist Frees The Voter File. 3 Ways Social Media Is Reshaping the Political Landscape. The recent political conventions underscored a few disconcerting trends.
Our political leadership is not only out of touch with reality but also tends to distort the truth. How can social-media-based innovations address these challenges? Given that social media excel at connecting people with society’s leaders, there is no question social entrepreneurs can play a major role in the country’s future. Fact Checking Political Ads: There Are Apps for That. A month ago, before the Republican and Democratic national conventions, the average TV viewer in Cleveland was seeing about 87 presidential campaign ads each week.
The Reddit Edit. New Tool Connects Facebook Friends With Political Campaigns. Starting immediately, Democratic and progressive campaigns will be able to tap into the power of Facebook to take political organizing into the social realm.
Democratic campaigns have long had access to the Voter Activation Network (VAN), a digital database of voter information that helps campaigns stay organized. The VAN includes a wealth of data about individuals in a given area, including their voting history, interactions with a particular campaign, phone number and mailing address. Afghanistan Activists Urge Use of Social Media to Fight Politics. Free speech activists in Afghanistan launched Twitter and Facebook campaigns on Sunday to fight government media curbs as well as to dispel incorrect information being perpetuated by clashing NATO and Taliban claims. Both NATO and the Taliban have used social media in the past to perpetuate arguments and campaign for individual causes.
And Afghani journalists have been pushed against a wall with the government's new, strict press freedom laws, leaving the public confused about the current state of affairs. 'Politwoops' Collects Politicians' Deleted Tweets. In politics, there's no taking back a gaffe or a misspoken comment — except on Twitter, where tweets can be deleted, forever lost in Internet limbo.
Romney v. Obama: Who is Winning at Twitter? Who has been using Twitter better in the past few months: Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?
In the movie “The Legend of Bagger Vance” (2000), the main character is competing in a golf tournament against two very different rivals. One is a polished, controlled, consistent player with flawless technique. 5 Tips For Politicians on Pinterest. From presidential contenders to school board hopefuls, political candidates are experimenting with a wide variety of social platforms to get their message heard.
Some are turning to Pinterest, the explosively popular image-based pinboard site — even President Obama and Ann Romney, wife of Mitt Romney, have accounts on the image-based social network. Karl Rove's Plot To Take Youth Vote From Obama Just Might Work. Facebook App Lets You 'Cosponsor' Bills in Congress. “Citizen Cosponsor,” a new platform from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), lets Facebook users show their support of a particular Congressional bill with the click of a mouse. Once a user “cosponsors” a bill, they receive periodic updates on its status — if there’s a hearing about it, whether it’s passed committee, or if it’s up for a full vote in Congress. Facebook automatically shows off a user’s support of a bill to all of his or her friends.
The platform is built on Facebook’s Open Graph, which lets developers create apps that seamlessly integrate into Facebook users’ news feeds and Timelines. Can online activists eliminate politicians that don’t understand the Internet? On the heels of the failed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) bill, Democratic Rep.
John Mizuno of Oahu, Hawaii recently introduced a new bill (H.B. 2288) that would require Internet service providers to track all ”Internet destination history information” as well as ”subscriber’s name and address” for a period of two years. Due to the vague language of the bill, the law would have required all businesses in Hawaii that provide a Wi-Fi network to track user activity. While this change would certainly effect any Hawaii resident that subscribes to Internet service, the six million tourists that visit the state each year would be subject to online tracking through hotels, coffee shops and other public Wi-Fi areas. Why Facebook's Data Sharing Matters. Facebook has cut a deal with political website Politico that allows the independent site machine-access to Facebook users' messages, both public and private, when a Republican Presidential candidate is mentioned by name.
The data is being collected and analyzed for sentiment by Facebook's data team, then delivered to Politico to serve as the basis of data-driven political analysis and journalism. The move is being widely condemned in the press as a violation of privacy but if Facebook would do this right, it could be a huge win for everyone.
Facebook could be the biggest, most dynamic census of human opinion and interaction in history.