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Did the Internet Care About the GOP Primary Debate?

By Nick Judd, techPresident So last night’s Republican primary debate, despite being so early and without a party headliner, still managed to outdo chatter about Osama bin Laden in terms of Twitter conversation: “GOP” in Twitter mentions as seen through Trendistic, compared to “obl” (for references to Osama bin Laden) and, as a baseline, the […]...
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This Is How The World Reacted To Osama Bin Laden’s Death

BY GREGORY FERENSTEIN, FAST COMPANY From Crimson Hexagon, the social media analysis firm that dispelled the myth of the Verizon iPhone exodus and Sharon Angle’s 2010 Senate sweep, comes a truer-to-life snapshot of the world’s reaction to Osama Bin Laden’s death. Nearly 50% of social media reaction wasn’t simple jubilation, but rather a mixture of […]...
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DNC and Obama Spent Half Million Online This Year

By Kate Kaye, ClickZ.com Democrats, along with Obama’s campaign operation, have already spent close to half a million dollars online this year in getting the 2012 reelection campaign off the ground. The Democratic National Committee has been the bigger spender thus far, dropping around $425,000 on digital. According to ClickZ Politics analysis of Federal Election […]...
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Twitter, Facebook and YouTube now crucial to presidential campaigns

By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times Four years ago, Barack Obama kicked off his presidential campaign on the steps of Illinois’ Old State Capitol, speaking in front of thousands of supporters and a throng of media. Earlier this month, when he formally announced his reelection campaign, he did so without public appearance, in an online […]...
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IWV ObamaCare Video Contest Offers a $5,000 First Prize

The Independent Women’s Voice (IWV) announces its “ObamaCare Anniversary Video Contest!” We want your one-minute or less video explaining how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — popularly known as ObamaCare — will hurt our medical system and our freedoms. At IWV, we believe the health care law passed last year takes our country […]...
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The 2012 File on Newt Gingrich: How’s He Doing Online?

By Micah L. Sifry, techPresident With ABC News reporting that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is about to become the first Republican to formally throw his hat into the 2012 presidential sweepstakes by creating a “presidential exploratory committee,” we here at techPresident thought it might not hurt to pull together some baseline information about his […]...