Posts filed under 'Politics'

The Foolishness of Crowds

Importing the wiki model of policymaking will mean less democracy, not more. A response to Beth Simone Noveck.

Add comment April 1, 2008

Progressive Re-Generation

Damon Winter/The New York Times

At times in American political history, young generations have formed lasting ties to parties and ideologies. Is 2008 one of those times?
 
 

1 comment April 1, 2008

Super Tuesday: A Voter’s Guide To Election Coverage on the Web

Wired blog by Sarah Lai Stirland,February 05, 2008 | 4:58:05 PM

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/super-tuesday-a.html

News organizations’ web sites are playing a growing role in Campaign 2008. And starting 7 pm Eastern time when the polls on the East Coast start closing, they’ll be abuzz with news updates, commentary, live video reports and blogging.

Add comment March 31, 2008

Does “Obama Girl” help Obama?

Column by Farhad Manjoo

Author Clay Shirky explains how the Internet’s capacity to create ad hoc groups has altered the media, business and politics — especially the 2008 campaign.

Add comment March 31, 2008

Political Privacy and Online Politics: How E-Campaigning Threatens Voter Privacy

by Christopher D. Hunter

First Monday, volume 7, number 2 (February 2002),
URL: http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_2/hunter/index.html

This paper will explore the importance of political privacy, its protection through our rights to associational privacy and anonymous speech, and the many ways that the political preferences of citizens are compromised online by campaign Web sites, database and e-mail marketers, and excessive U.S. Federal Election Commission disclosure rules. The potential negative effects of a monitored electorate on the democratic process are also examined.

Add comment March 31, 2008

Behind the Winning Entries: PolitiFact

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Internet Democracy

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Ten democracy projects in seventy minutes

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised:

Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything

by Joe Trippi

This is the story of how Trippi’s revolutionary use of the Internet and an impassioned, contagious desire to overthrow politics as usual grew into a national grassroots movement and changed the face of politics forever.

Add comment March 31, 2008

Technology aids Obama’s outreach drive

Volunteers answer call on social networking site

Add comment March 31, 2008

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