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Obama Internet

E-Democracy Also Threatens Conservative Rule in Washington D.C.

Bob Fertik | Posted 06.15.2009 | World

Read More: Netroots, Iraq War Funding, Iran Election, Internet Policy, Participatory Democracy, Iran Riot, Obama Internet, Iran, Single Payer Healthcare, World News
Bob Fertik

The Iranian rebellion is visible to the world through digital photos and videos uploaded and forwarded through Facebook, Twitter, and other global networks.

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Internet Heroes and Villains

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Corruption, SavetheInternet.Com, Internet Policy, Free Press, Net Neutrality, Telcos, Obama Internet, Obama Net Neutrality, Media News
Timothy Karr

ISPs have stuck consumers with higher prices and slower speeds, while repeatedly threatening to throttle the free and open Internet. And our elected and appointed officials have let this happen.

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Grading the Internet President

Timothy Karr | Posted 04.29.2009 | Media

Read More: SavetheInternet.Com, Fcc, Obama, Net Neutrality, John Kerry, Internet, 100 Days, Obama Internet, Media News
Timothy Karr

As early as fall 2007, Obama made a strong commitment to a free-flowing, accessible and open Internet when he unveiled his new media agenda.

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Obama's New Chief Technology Officer -- iTunes to Roller Skates

Art Brodsky | Posted 04.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Administration, Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra, Obama CTO, Obama Internet, Politics News
Art Brodsky

Aneesh Chopra's appointment, along with Vivek Kundra as the Chief Information Officer, form what looks to be an Inside-Outside team for technology development, including broadband.

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Beyond Obama's Town Hall

Ari Melber | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Ask the President, Obama, Robert Gibbs, Obama Transparency, Macon Philips, Blue State Digital, Obama Internet, Obama Interactive, Obama Press, Washington Times, Jesse Lee, Personal Democracy Forum, Politics News
Ari Melber

Local events used to be the only way for a president to hear directly from citizens, but network technology has opened up our civic possibilities. It's past time we used these tools to open up the Presidency.

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Obama's FCC Pick Another Good Sign for Open Media

Timothy Karr | Posted 03.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Fcc, Obama, Net Neutrality, Genachowski, Obama Fcc, Julius Genachowski, Obama Internet, 100 Days, Media News
Timothy Karr

Obama's appointment is another indication that incoming leadership in Washington will move decisively to protect the free flowing Internet from those seeking to become gatekeepers to new media.

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Technical Problems Plague WhiteHouse.gov Despite Tech-Savvy Team

Washington Post | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Internet, White House Tech Team, Obama Administration, Barack Obama Technology, Obama Tech Policy, whitehouse.gov, Obama Technology, Politics News

The team that ran the most technologically advanced presidential campaign in modern history is finding it difficult to adapt that model to government....

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Obama, The Press and Us: Transparency is Not Enough

Ari Melber | Posted 01.28.2009 | Media

Read More: change.gov, Transparency, Robert Gibbs, Obama Internet, Obama, Macon Phillips, White House Press Corps, Abc, Obama New Media, whitehouse.gov, Nbc, Obama Media, Media News
Ari Melber

If Obama's administration operates anything like his campaign, it will both sideline and compete with the media as a news source.

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After Inauguration, Obama Celebrates with His Network

Ari Melber | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Web, Inaugural Crowd, Washington DC, Obama Email List, Obama Internet, Obama Inauguration, Obama, Jay-Z, Obama Inaugural Weather, Obama Volunteer, Inauguration Attendance, Washington Dc Weather, Obama Inauguration Coverage, Obama's Inauguration, Obama Inaugural, Barack Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama, Obama Inaugural Address, Inauguration, Obama Inaugural Speech, Politics News
Ari Melber

If nothing else, this week the city of Washington was Obamafied. People went not just to celebrate, but to bear witness, to be together, to physically join the concise ritual of swearing in the president.

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A Letter to White House Director of New Media Macon Phillips

Ari Herzog | Posted 01.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Government, Blogosphere, White House, Change, Linkedin, Twitter, Obama Change, Obama Inauguration, Bloggers, barackobama.com, New Media, Macon Phillips, Technology, Barack Obama, Obama Internet, Media News
Ari Herzog

Are you and your team reading what bloggers are writing about the president's inauguration and exploring ways of meeting their tips for social media success?

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Change.Gov's First Big Failure

Ari Melber | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: change.gov, Obama, Special Prosecutor, War Crimes, Obama Justice Department, Barack Obama, Obama Internet, Politics News
Ari Melber

It is striking that Obama's aides, who helped win the election by harnessing new media, believed they could just spin away from their online interlocutors. The move backfired immediately.

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Sam Stein

Obama's Citizen's Briefing Book Changes the Flow Of Information

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Citizen Briefing Book, Briefing Book, Obama Information, Obama Internet, Flow of Information, Obama, Nancy Sutley Environment, Barack Obama, Obama Nancy Sutley, Politics News

Earlier this week, the Obama transition team launched a "Citizen's Briefing Book" on their Change.gov website. The venture aimed to create a virtual w...

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Broadband Bullies Shouldn't Benefit From Stimulus

Art Brodsky | Posted 01.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, Broadband, Economic Stimulus Package, Bailout, Telecoms, Barack Obama, Internet Policy, Obama Broadband, Obama Internet, Media News
Art Brodsky

If new areas are to be served, and if underserved areas are to be upgraded, then either the incumbent telecom companies have to clean up their acts, or they have to make way for others.

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What if Bush had 10 Million Email Addresses?

Penny Herscher | Posted 12.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, Obama, Media, Media Bias, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Obama Internet, Media News
Penny Herscher

10 million email addresses in the hands of a benevolent, popular leader like Obama is not scary, but what if it was a Bush with 10, or 50 million email addresses -- would we know the truth about the Iraq War?

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Broadband: Not for Kids Only

Marty Kaplan | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, Fast Broadband, Broadband, Barack Obama Internet, Broadband Internet, Obama Internet, Media News
Marty Kaplan

Though Obama singled out children as particularly in need of access to the Internet, he could also have pointed to the economic, geographic and racial dimensions of the digital divide.

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At Harvard, Obama Staff Envision Their Movement's Future

Ari Melber | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: change.gov, Mybo, Obama Web, Movement, Obama Internet, Harvard, Obama Politics, Barack Obama, Politics News
Ari Melber

Two top organizers behind Barack Obama's campaign huddled with political techies on Wednesday, discussing the future of the Obama movement at a Harvard summit on web politics.

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Obama's Broadband Roadmap

Timothy Karr | Posted 12.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Obama Youtube, Internet, Broadband, Obama Technology, Barack Obama, Obama Broadband, Obama Internet, Media News
Timothy Karr

Obama has bravely stepped into an Internet void left by his predecessor. Over the past eight years, the U.S. has fallen from fourth to 15th in the world in terms of high-speed Internet adoption.

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The Revolution of the Online Commentariat

Peter Daou | Posted 12.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, Internet, Obama, Technology, Blogs, Bloggers, Obama Internet, Barack Obama, Obama Technology, Media News
Peter Daou

For the first time, we are thinking aloud unfettered and unfiltered by mass media gatekeepers, unencumbered by the media's constraints.

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It's Time for a Wiki White House

Dan Froomkin | Posted 11.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, White House, Wiki, Barack Obama, White House Website, Obama Internet, Media News
Dan Froomkin

On January 20, the Bush administration's stodgy, wheezing version of whitehouse.gov will be carted off to the National Archives in its entirety, leaving precisely no legacy -- and no limits.

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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.

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Transformative Mobilization: From Obama's Campaign Techniques to Public Diplomacy

Monroe Price | Posted 11.17.2008 | Media

Read More: International Broadcasting, Obama, Public Diplomacy, Internet Mobilization, Technology, Barack Obama, Obama Internet, Media News
Monroe Price

What would it mean to harness, for global understanding, the Obama campaign's approach to "movement" thinking and its brilliant exploitation of the potential of the Internet?

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Facebooking Obama's Cabinet

Ari Melber | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Transition, change.gov, Obama Facebook, whitehouse.gov, Obama Internet, Obama's Economic Team, Politics News
Ari Melber

The cyberstalking of Obama's administration has begun.

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Obama Staffs Up Web Outreach Crew For Transition

Talking Points Memo | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Obama Web Outreach, Obama Transition Team, President Obama, Obama Internet, Obama Transition, Politics News

Now this is a good sign: The Obama transition team has just signed up two leading Web types for the transition's Internet outreach team, a welcome ind...

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Obama's Victory, Gen Y, and the New Rules for Communication

Kirk Snyder | Posted 11.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Communication, Barack Obama, Gen Y, Youth Vote, Communication and Politics, Obama Internet, Internet Campaigning, Marketing to Youths, 2008 Presidential Election, Electronic Campaigning, Obama Youth Vote, Youth Marketing, Age of Awareness, Joe the Plumber, New Media, President Elect Obama, Communication and Campaigning, Business News
Kirk Snyder

It's clear that the reason so many young people became involved with the Obama campaign was because he reached them based on an understanding about these new rules for communication.

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Obama To Create First Truly "Wired" Presidency

Washington Post | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Web, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Web, President Obama, Obama Internet, Obama Wired, Obama New Media, Barack Obama Internet, Politics News

Armed with millions of e-mail addresses and a political operation that harnessed the Internet like no campaign before it, Barack Obama will enter the ...

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