Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Digital Campaign Blog: techPresident
A great resource for those of you trying to figure out the impact of the net on the Presidential campaign: TechPresident
For example, check out this chart which compares how many friends Obama and McCain have on MySpace.
Or this list of text messages from the Obama campaign received by a reader (sjxylib) who posted them to Tech President:
"8:30am - Let me know the polls are open in VA and the times
9:05am - "people who love their country and change it" tell everyone you know to vote for Barack
10:25am - "our moment is now" tell your friends to vote
12:12pm - "Thanks for all your hard work today. It is critical we stay knocking on doors until 7pm"
12:52pm - "Every vote matters. people who love their country and change it"
2:25pm - "our moment is now" if you are in line at 7 they must count your vote.and
3:18pm - "we can make history today if we get out the vote""
For example, check out this chart which compares how many friends Obama and McCain have on MySpace.
Or this list of text messages from the Obama campaign received by a reader (sjxylib) who posted them to Tech President:
"8:30am - Let me know the polls are open in VA and the times
9:05am - "people who love their country and change it" tell everyone you know to vote for Barack
10:25am - "our moment is now" tell your friends to vote
12:12pm - "Thanks for all your hard work today. It is critical we stay knocking on doors until 7pm"
12:52pm - "Every vote matters. people who love their country and change it"
2:25pm - "our moment is now" if you are in line at 7 they must count your vote.and
3:18pm - "we can make history today if we get out the vote""
Labels: Digital Politics
Thursday, October 30, 2008
The YouTube Campaign
YouTube Campaign Links:
Everyone agrees that YouTube has emerged as a powerful medium for political persuasion. Here are some examples from the BBC's "Top hits of the YouTube election "
The campaigns are all over YouTube:
The Barack Obama Channel
The John McCain Channel
Other Sources:
Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films Channel
Public Service Administration's Election 08 Channel
Here is a short interview with Arun Chaudhary, "director of field production" for Obama:
Paris Hilton's Response:
Everyone agrees that YouTube has emerged as a powerful medium for political persuasion. Here are some examples from the BBC's "Top hits of the YouTube election "
The campaigns are all over YouTube:
The Barack Obama Channel
The John McCain Channel
Other Sources:
Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films Channel
Public Service Administration's Election 08 Channel
Here is a short interview with Arun Chaudhary, "director of field production" for Obama:
John McCain's Celeb Video attacking Obama for being a Celebrity:
Paris Hilton's Response:
Labels: Digital Politics, YouTube
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Barack Obama Says Hello . . .
Satire? Or netroots love for Barack?
Barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com
Does the personal, interactive nature of the web create a false sense of intimacy with your candidate?
Barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com
Does the personal, interactive nature of the web create a false sense of intimacy with your candidate?
Labels: Digital Politics
