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Taking the Argument to Them

Phil Campbell | Posted 03.11.2013 | Media
Read More: Politics, Conspiracy Theories, Gun Control, Grassroots, Political Commentary, Political Discourse, Social Media Politics, American Political Discourse, Facebook Politics, Media News
Phil Campbell

By pursuing conversations with people about urban legends, conspiracy theories, and the nuttier political and social myths that pervade our culture, I've learned something about people: Our media-fueled "culture war" is in many ways an illusion.

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Obama Is the First Facebook President -- What Now?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 03.02.2013 | Politics
Read More: Corporate Political Contributions, Social Networking Politics, Arab Spring, Lobbyists, Grassroots Democracy, Impactx, Obama Facebook President, Barack Obama, Gun Safety, Occupy Movement, Facebook Politics, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

No one doubts that social networking produces results in politics, from the Arab Spring to the 2012 election, where President Obama's ground game made the difference. It could change everything, but the way forward is far from clear. What's at stake is huge.

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Do You Hate Getting Political Posts on Your Facebook News Feed?

Larry Atkins | Posted 11.24.2012 | Technology
Read More: Social Media Politics, Social Media, Politics, Facebook Friends, Facebook, Facebook Politics, Technology News
Larry Atkins

Personally, I'm OK with sending and receiving politically oriented Facebook posts, even when I disagree with my Facebook friends.

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Introduction: How Campaigns Can Use the Internet to Win in 2012

Colin Delany | Posted 07.08.2012 | Politics
Read More: Online Politics, Digital Politics, Elections 2012, Political Organizing, Internet Campaigns, Facebook Politics, Grassroots Internet Politics, Politics News
Colin Delany

From Egypt to Wisconsin, the Internet has become a key political battleground, and smart campaigns at all levels -- presidential to dog-catcher -- will be thinking about how to integrate digital tools into essentially all aspects of their operations.

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If You're On Facebook, You're Likely A...

Reuters | Lucas Shaw | Posted 05.12.2012 | Technology
Read More: Video, Twitter, Users Facebook, Facebook Republicans, Reuters, Twitter Users, Facebook Users Politics, Facebook Democrats, Facebook Users, Facebook, Facebook Politics, Technology News

By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Do social media sites like Facebook and Twitter have a liberal bias? "Internet us...

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Twitter, Facebook Are Least Used Sources Of Political News

AP | JENNIFER AGIESTA | Posted 04.08.2012 | Technology
Read More: Video, Twitter, Politics Twitter, Politics Facebook Twitter, Pew, Pew Twitter, Twitter Politics, Twitter Facebook Politics, Ap, Facebook Politics, Technology News

WASHINGTON (AP) — In this campaign season, the social networks have nothing on the news networks. A new survey from the Pew Research ...

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Egyptian People Tell Mubarak OUT

Wael Nawara | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: #jan25, Egypt, Mubarak, Democracy, Ndp, Tunisia, jan25, Revolt, #Jan28, Facebook Politics, Egypt Protests, Tahrir Square, Ayman Nour, World News
Wael Nawara

The Egyptian people have decided to communicate directly with the oppressive regime to demonstrate that they want the regime out.

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Facebook Launches U.S. Politics Page

Mashable.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Facebook Politics Page, Politics, Facebook, Facebook Politics, Facebook US Politics, Technology News

Facebook has launched a page devoted to U.S. politics, located at Facebook.com/USpolitics. Rolled out at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York Cit...

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Obama's Cocaine, Clinton's Pot and the Facebook Generation

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Facebook Privacy, Youtube Politics, Obama, Facebook, Facebook Politics, Clinton, Politics News
Ari Melber

Both Obama and Clinton strained to exert control over their history. Many young people no longer have that option at all.

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Facebook: Not Controlling Your Politics

Sara Hebert | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Facebook Political Space, Candy Elizabeth, Twitter, Twitter Facebook, Facebook Chris Hughes, Facebook Political Tool, Facebook Transparency, Facebook, Facebook Candy Elizabeth, Twitter Transparency, Facebook Glitches, Facebook Social Networking, Hillary Clinton for President -- One Million Strong, Candy Elizabeth Open Letter, Hillary Clinton Facebook Group, Chris Hughes Obama Facebook, Social Networking Politics, Facebook Politics, Facebook Censorship, Chris Hughes Obama, Technology, Barack Obama for President -- One Million Strong, Home News
Sara Hebert

The Hillary Clinton group's tech problems, teamed with the "dismissive or at best distracted" air that characterized communications with Facebook, fueled Elizabeth's fears. "It all just seemed not right."

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