After Labor Day, catching up with the advocacy blogs, and more. Presidential (campaign) Expenditures — note how little goes to online media. How to fake a grassroots uprising. C.f. How To Identify Astroturfers And Front Groups, via Craig...
Late-summer links, fresh off the grill. Update: Online politics leads to offline activism. In other news, the internet can be used to raise money! And promote issues! Plus, water is wet! Okay, okay, go straight to the source for the full story...
A Tuesday morning’s random harvest: Facebook ups its Washington profile (hah!) and the Kojo Nnamdi show takes notice, with Kojo bringing public policy director Tim Sparapani in for a stern grilling about the company’s spreading tentacles...
Clearing the proverbial cache, of a few stories that have stuck on the list over the past few weeks. It Came from Wasilla. Todd Purdum’s Vanity Fair piece on Sarah Palin — w/o it, her July 3rd press conference is incomprehensible (with...
Update: As Obama’s speech looms, “Security agencies in Egypt ‘do not know what to do with connectivity’ — the ability of bloggers, Twitterers and Facebook users to share information and quickly assemble a crowd.”...
STILL haven’t caught up on the online politics and advocacy blogs, but let’s clear the proverbial cache and make room for some fresh links. Congratulations to Adam Conner and Tanya Tarr! 6 in 10 Twitter Users Jump Ship Within a Month...
Am waaaaay behind on catching up with the online politics-specific sites, but here are a few stories that stood out over the past few weeks. Update: When an Obama email matters more than an Obama TV ad in the Murphy/Tedisco race, plus the new GOP...
The Daily Show takes on Twitter, plus Tired of Twitter? You ain’t alone and Congress on Twitter: Getting Between the 435 and the 140. Also note a couple of examples of when Congressmembers should think before they Tweet. If you haven’t...
Bipartisanship as a political weapon, and the Republican counter-“strategy.” The eternal role of the personal in politics. At Obama’s first prime-time press conference, a blogger gets a nod, while Biden’s Office Holds...
Congressman Twitters a Security Breach, as Hoekstra Twitters Details of Iraq Codel. Stimulating the Netroots — Obama/DNC stimulus bill outreach has social media angle. C.f. e.politics coverage, plus The Challenge of Managing Obama’s...