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By Jacqui Cheng, ars technica Social media is becoming an increasingly important part of US elections, but the group that has made the most progress in recent years has been… the Tea Party? According to a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, Republicans managed to catch up to Democrats when it […]...
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By Sara Jerome, The Hill Representatives from YouTube, Facebook and Twitter briefed Republican staffers on Friday on social media tools. House Speaker Boehner’s (R-Ohio) digital media director Nick Schaper said around 150 staffers attended. “The most notable moment to me, though, was when we asked staff from freshman offices to raise their hands,” he said. […]...
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By Nancy Scola, techPresident Politico’s Jennifer Martinez writes up how the brand-new Republican leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives is eager to bake new technologies into their style of governing: On Tuesday, the House passed a bill to eliminate mandatory printing for every bill and resolution by axing the Government Printing Office — an […]...
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By Elise Viebeck, The Hill Ahead of this week’s repeal vote on last year’s healthcare overhaul, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) continues to push the logic that “Obamacare” will worsen unemployment. “‘Priorities of the People: Repealing ObamaCare Critical to Creating Jobs, Growing Economy,'” he posted from his @SpeakerBoehner account on Monday. Boehner attached the hashtag […]...
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By Michael O’Brien, The Hill At least one lawmaker used the new rules in the House to tweet from the House’s floor. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) sent dispatches from the House floor, taking advantage of new rules — which, at that point, had not yet been approved — allowing members to use BlackBerrys and other […]...
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By Craig Howie, Los Angeles Times Twitter, Facebook, Google and Foursquare all did their bit for democracy Tuesday with election-themed widgets and services appearing on their pages. Facebook featured an online vote counter, which appears at the top of a user’s feed and allows users to click to say they voted, which earns them an […]...
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By Dan Zarella, DanZarella.com With the 2010 midterm elections coming up on Tuesday, I decided to look into the correlation of candidates Twitter accounts and their recent performance in polls. I gathered a random sample of 30 senate, house and governor races from RealClearPolitics database of recent election polls and gathered each the number of […]...
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By Anthony Calabrese, MediaShift PBS If 2008 was the year that social networks like Facebook and Twitter broke through to mainstream America, then 2010 is shaping up to be the election year that’s defined by social media. Consider that three out of five Americans who consider themselves somewhat politically active are members of a social […]...
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By Arlene Satchell, Sun Sentinel Social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter are providing businesses with new ways to market their products to existing and future customers. But as businesses rush to ‘friend’ and ‘tweet’ their way into consumers’ hearts, is e-mail marketing being trumped by social media? Industry experts say no and contend […]...
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By Kate Kaye, ClickZ, Jan 4, 2010 There were few big elections in 2009, but political and advocacy advertisers took the momentum built in the 2008 presidential elections and ran with it. From a surge in Twitter usage to the Google Surge, a variety of tools and techniques gained ground. Twitter as Campaign ToolThe increased […]...
