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Press Club Panel on Social Media and the 2012 Elections: Related Reading

November 16th, 2012

Today’s Press Club discussion on social media’s role in 2012 is shaping up to be a terrific discussion, and you can follow the live coverage via the hashtag #SocialElection. Below are links to articles covering topics that are likely to come up, starting with a slew on Epolitics.com and moving on to excellent coverage from other sources. Enjoy.

• Can Social Media Win the Presidential Election?.
• Mitt Romney, Welcome to Politics in a YouTube Era.
• Political Rapid Response Now Happens in Seconds, Not Hours.
• New Research: Social Media CAN Influence Voting Behavior.
• Romney’s ‘Binders’ of Women Dominate Internet Post-Debate.
• (Social) Tech for Putting Volunteers to Work.
• E.J. Dionne on Tonight’s Debate: ‘Keep an eye on the Twitter feeds’.
• On Twitter, Romney Won the First Debate.
• Are Small Online Donors the Key (and Largely Overlooked) Factor in the Presidential Race?
• Key 2012 Tech Trends: Eight Vital Online Tools for Political Campaigns.
• Twitter Duels, Faster Politics, and the Importance of Integration.
• RNC Updates the ‘Social Victory Center’ Facebook App, But Is Anyone Using It?
• Instagram Gets Political: Social Media Photography On the Campaign Trail.
• Chuck Grassley: As Long as He Has a Twitter Feed, His Opponent Has a Chance.
• Campaigns Use Social Media to Lure Younger Voters. But, Welcome to the bubble: Most people don’t use social networking for politics.
• Twitter Deputizes Millions of Pundits During Political Conventions. C.f. Postcards From the Parallel Universe in Real Time and Obama’s DNC speech sets new political record on Twitter.
• A social media-fueled upset: How Ted Cruz’s online efforts helped shock the GOP establishment.
• GOP’s Gray Revolution. Republican social media, post-2008.
• Here’s Facebook’s Most-Liked Photo of All Time.
• Facebook: I Want My Friends Back.
• The Rise and Fall of Social Media in American Politics (And How it May Rise Again).
• Risk of gaffes heightened in age of Twitter.
• Facebook to Roll Out Email, Phone Number Ad Targeting. Plus, Voter File Data Comes to Facebook Ads.
• Obama and GOP Twitter Buys Inspire Passionate Tweet Trend.
• Democrats More Likely to Use Facebook for Political Purposes.
• Obama camp hammers Romney comments through social media.
• Facebook Finally Becomes a Place to Win Votes. More on Fb’s voter-file targeting options.

– cpd