More...
 

Internet Politics

Hardware Risk: China Targets PC Manufacturers

Michael Shtender-Auerbach | Posted 06.10.2009 | World

Read More: Google, Business-and-Human-Rights-Resource-Center, Dell, Microsoft, Business, China Human Rights, John Ruggie, Personal Computers, Global Network Initiative, Yahoo, Internet, Internet Politics, Human Rights, Hewlett Packard, Censorship, Chinese Censorship, World News
Michael Shtender-Auerbach

What happens when the Chinese request all PC's include internal hardware mechanisms for the tracking and monitoring of its users?

Read Post

Obama's Online Health Care Drive: Epic Fail?

Ari Melber | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dnc, Ofa, Arlen Specter, Obama Email, Robert Gibbs, Specter Efca, Addisu Demissie, Obama Fundraising, Internet Politics, Toomey, Specter Primary, Barack Obama DNC, Mitch Stewart, Obama Health Care, Organizing for America, Arlen Specter Democrat, Politics News
Ari Melber

It is early, but so far, OFA's legislative "organizing" efforts run the risk of being boring, vague and redundant.

Read Post

Future Historians: Blogs Drive U.S. Foreign Policy

Ari Melber | Posted 04.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics, Orange to Blue, Washington, Cfr, Leslie Gelb, New York Times, Act Blue, Internet Politics, Iraq, Michael Beschloss, Media, Academy, Daily Kos, Foreign Policy, Media News
Ari Melber

For Internet politics, the controversial becomes conventional very quickly. This Sunday's New York Times Book Review has a salient example of blogs' ascension within the conventional wisdom.

Read Post

To Big Brother or Not to Big Brother: the Internet Safety v. Parental Control Debate

Suren Ramasubbu | Posted 04.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Sexting, Internet, Ipod, Internet Politics, Stopping-Child-Pornography, Internet Porn, Censorship, Living News
Suren Ramasubbu

A self-organizing Internet safety social network would have seemed impossible a decade ago, but in the age of social media, this type of collaboration seems the natural way to go about the task.

Read Post

Real 100 Days: Preserve Bipartisanship With Issue-Oriented, New Media Focus

Maegan Carberry and Elizabeth Blackney | Posted 01.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Rightroots, Real 100 Days, Internet Politics, Obama First 100 Days, 100 Days, Netroots, New Media, Republican Party, Media News
Maegan Carberry and Elizabeth Blackney

The Obama campaign and the newly emerging rightroots movement are grounded in the egalitarian principles of new media. This new media can reverse the course of business as usual.

Read Post

Arianna Talks New Media and Politics with Ashton Kutcher

Huff TV | Posted 12.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Web 2.0, Internet, Ashton Kutcher Online, Video, Internet Politics, Ashton Kutcher Arianna Huffington, Web 2.0 Politics, Screen Actors Guild Strike, New Media, Arianna Huffington Ashton Kutcher, Screen Actors Guild, Web Journalism, Internet Journalism, Arianna Huffington, Ashton Kutcher, HuffPost Inauguration Ball, Media News
Huff TV

Arianna Huffington and Ashton Kutcher discuss how the Internet is changing politics, Kutcher's new-media efforts and the Huffington Post's plans for the future.

Read Post

Birth Places and Birth Mothers

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Family, Obama Birth Certificate, Sarah Palin Scandal, Internet Politics, Pailin, Politics News
Christopher Brauchli

What mighty contests rise from trivial things! Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock The Internet is rapidly proving itself the best friend of ...

Read Post

Here to Stay?

Jimmy Leach | Posted 11.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics Media, Obama Media, Twitter, Internet Politics, Digital Politics, Obama Youtube, Obama Internet, Youtube, Technology, Barack Obama, Obama Technology, Media News
Jimmy Leach

During my short stint as head of digital communications for the Prime Minister, there wasn't a lack of will to try new ways of directly interacting with the citizens of the UK, but it didn't necessarily lead to a higher quality of debate or better outcomes.

Read Post

Cyber-Wars: Hate-Mail And The Obama Internet Campaign

Linda Hansen | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Citizen Campaigns, Obama/Biden Campaign, Internet Politics, Dirty Politics, Campaign 2008, Internet Hate-Mail, Barack Obama, McCain/Palin Campaign, Offthebus, Obama Email, Obama Internet, Mccain Internet Smear, Mccain Email, Barack Obama 2008, Obama Internet Smear, Viral Email, Home News
Linda Hansen

Internet Obama supporters are no saints. But Campaign 2008, to them, means something more than an outlet for the anger they've been swallowing for the past eight years. Their emails ring like testimonies at an interfaith revival meeting.

Read Post

Internet Advocacy Roundup -- Millennials at the Gates

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 09.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet Advocacy, Generation X, Political Realignment, Greatest Generation, Millennial Generation, Internet Politics, Millennials, Millennial Makeover, Morley Winograd, Michael Hais, Media News
Alan Rosenblatt

New Media enables people to communicate with each other as they engage in the political process -- the days of pandering to isolated audiences are over.

Read Post

FCC Commissioner's Scare Tactics Reach New Low

Josh Silver | Posted 08.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, Fcc, Internet Politics, Comcast Net Neutrality, Internet Censorship, New Media, Media, Comcast, Comcast Interfering, Net Neutrality, FCC Comcast Hearing, Media News
Josh Silver

FCC Commissioner McDowell suggests that any FCC decision that supports Net Neutrality -- the idea that the Internet must be free and open -- is somehow tantamount to government regulation of content.

Read Post

The Online War the Democrats Are Losing: Where's the Strategy?

RJ Eskow | Posted 07.31.2008 | Media

Read More: Web Politics, John McCain, Internet Politics, Political Technology, Internet, Glenn Greenwald, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, Emails, Barack Obama, Daily Kos, Jane Hamsher, Howie Klein, Jeffrey Porter, Media News
RJ Eskow

The Right's winning the email war, which could prove decisive. It would be ironic if, after all these innovations, Democrats were beaten by a tool that's so crude yet effective.

Read Post

Jason Linkins

Four Years Under The Influence: Netroots Nation Panel Examines The Growth Of The Political Internet

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Internet, Internet Politics, Karl Frisch, Joe Trippi, Terry Teachout, Amanda Michel, Politics News

At today's Netroots Nation panel, "From Dean To Obama: Four Years In the Internet Revolution," Joe Trippi, late of the John Edwards campaign, had an a...

Read Whole Story

Personal Democracy Forum: Blogging The Wisdom Of Crowds

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 06.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Internet Crowds, Tracy Russo Personal Democracy Forum, Facebook Obama, Crowd Politics, Mark Pesce, Obama Internet Obama Crowds, Internet Politics, Obama Netroots, Gina Cooper, Lawrence Lessig, Personal Democracy Forum, Mayhill Fowler, Micah Sifry, Netroots Nation, Cooper Netroots, Joe Rospars, One Million Friends, Home News
Mayhill Fowler

For quite awhile now, I have thought that the netroots affair with Obama would not end well.

Read Post

Internet Purchases Shouldn't Be Subsidized

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Government, Taxes, Internet Policy, Budget Deficit, Internet Politics, Tax Revenue, Revenue, Business News
Mark Weisbrot

So we cannot afford to lose tens of billions of dollars in state and local tax revenues by exempting internet sales. But even if it were affordable, there is no good economic reason to do so.

Read Post

Transcript of Hillary's Speech (and a personal thanks)

Peter Daou | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Internet Politics, Politics News
Peter Daou

I've always felt honored to represent Hillary online and I'm proud to have worked with an exceptional Internet team at her campaign. I'm also thrilled to see the creative and innovative use of the Internet by Senator Obama.

Read Post

Jason Linkins

Website Allows Obama Supporters To Set Agenda

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Marc Ambinder, Internet Politics, Digg, Obama Netroots Outreach, Netroots, Barack Obama, Politics News

In the June 2008 Atlantic, Marc Ambinder, touching on the remarkable success the Obama campaign has had leveraging the power of online social networki...

Read Whole Story

YouTube-Generation Superdelegates: Help Lauren And Awais Choose A Presidential Candidate

Posted 04.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Young Voters, Delegate Votes, Lauren, Democratic National Convention, Superdelegates, Youtube, University Students, Super Delegates, Lauren and Awais, Dmeocratic Primary, Awais, College Superdelegates, Democrats Superdelegates, Democratic Primary Superdelegates, Video Democracy, Superdelegate Tally, Online Democracy, Particpiatory Democracy, Young Voters Primary, Internet Politics, Innovation Online Politics, Superdelegate Vote Democrats, Superdelegate Vote, Young Superdelegates, Media Develpoments Internet, Superdelegate Videos, New Media Democracy, Home News

The roster of Democratic Party superdelegates is a list of Very Serious People with years of political experience. Also on the list are college kids Lauren and Awais. Watch their YouTube and help them vote.

Read Whole Story

Obama, the Internet and the Decline of Big Money and Big Media

Micah Sifry | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Internet Politics, Hillary Clinton, Micah Sifry, Barack Obama, Primaries, Tech President, Super Tuesday, Super Tuesday Results, Politics News
Micah Sifry

If not for the internet, and all the campaign- and voter-generated activism it has enabled, Hillary would already be the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee.

Read Post

Politweets - All the News That's Fit to "Tweet"

Kristin Gorski | Posted 01.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Expression, Social Media, Twitter, Politweets, Cnn, Alisa Schadt, Gabe Hanford, Youtube, Doug March, Min Kim, Dan Croak, Jason Garber, character140, DNC Twitter, Mobile Devices Politics, Buzz Democrats, Online Organizing, Community Politics Internet, Twitter Politicals, Action Alerts Politics, Mitt Romney Twitter, Blogs Politics Internet, Microblogging, John McCain Twitter, Hillary Clinton Twitter, Barack Obama Twitter, Buzz Political Candidates, Republicans Twitter, Mobile Devices Strategy Politics, Political Campaigns Internet, Twitter Polling, Political Candidates Twitter, Digital Expression, Cell Phones Politics, Democrats Twitter, Internet Politics, Digital Politics, Mike Huckabee Twitter, Buzz Republicans, John Edwards Twitter, RNC Twitter, Polling Politics, Home News
Kristin Gorski

While traditional media outlets excel in wordiness during election season, one social media outlet proudly flaunts its brevity. Twitter is a free "mic...

Read Post