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What Role Do You Want Social Media to Play in Politics?

by · August 5, 2011

Last Friday Mashable reported that President Barack Obama’s recent #compromise campaign actually cost him over 36,000 followers. Was it an example of how “not” to use social media to move a political agenda or was it a great example of how to spark conversation amongst constituents? I’m sure that’s going to be an open debate for awhile. While we consider the thought of whether Obama and his social media team made the right decision with the campaign, it opens an even bigger question. What is social media’s role in politics? Where do we want to see social media in the political conversation?

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On Voting

by · November 4, 2008

Second round of the French presidential electi...

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Today, Americans go to the polls to choose the person who will lead this country for the next four years. It’s an important day that much of the world, and certainly a lot of the blogosphere, has been anticipating for quite some time.

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