See also the recent list of articles relevant to the internet’s role in Egypt, Tunisia and the general unrest in the Arab world. Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter. Bogus trend piece alert! An article whose content contradicts...
Update: New stories added 3/8/2011 As mentioned earlier, I’ll be on Digital Politics Radio at 3:30 Eastern this afternoon to discuss the role of the internet and social media in the North African revolutions. In addition to Epolitics...
A great observation from Jason Lefkowitz at Sunday’s Organizing 2.0 conference in NYC — while we may all want to be magic and unique individuals on our own, and every nonprofit is special to its mother, following that logic when it comes...
This week’s theme: A Farewell to Mubarak. Digital revolutionaries change Arab region, via @alvarolins, and Social Media Networks & Opposition Politics in Egypt. Plus, Anatomy of a revolution: Meet the young Egyptian activists who started...
Just a quick reminder, on a day when I stayed home from work and tried to sleep off a case of the creeping nasties: tomorrow night I’m speaking (briefly) at what should be a very fun Network for Progress party, which you should attend if you...
Big news this morning in the online content and advocacy fields — AOL is buying HuffingtonPost for $315 million, meaning that a site that’s become a prime outpost for liberal-oriented commentary and news is coming coming under the wing...
Tons o’ good stuff stacked up during the Online Politics 101 frenzy, so let’s split today’s Quick Hits into a domestic and an international edition. Egypt Protester Holds Facebook ‘Thank You’ Sign (photo). Twitter Says...
Tons o’ good stuff stacked up during the Online Politics 101 frenzy, so let’s split today’s Quick Hits into a domestic and an international edition. New Study On Congressional Staffers’ Attitudes Towards Citizen Advocacy. C.f...
New Online Politics 101 chapter Twitter is the newest significant weapon in the online politics arsenal: while it was a very limited arena as recently as the 2008 elections (Barack Obama had all of 50,000 followers by Election Day!), it’s...
A last look at 2010 — deploy your rear-view mirrors before reading. Blue State Digital Bought by WPP. That’s the press release; see also the Sky News blog post that broke the story. Next, read Nancy Scola’s Interview: Jascha...