Obama Internet

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

Bob Fertik | Posted 07.16.2009 | World


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.

Internet Heroes and Villains

Timothy Karr | Posted 06.20.2009 | Media


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.

Grading the Internet President

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media


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.

Beyond Obama's Town Hall

Ari Melber | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics


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.

Obama's FCC Pick Another Good Sign for Open Media

Timothy Karr | Posted 04.04.2009 | Media


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.

Technical Problems Plague WhiteHouse.gov Despite Tech-Savvy Team

Washington Post | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics


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

Obama, The Press and Us: Transparency is Not Enough

Ari Melber | Posted 02.28.2009 | Media


Ari Melber

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

After Inauguration, Obama Celebrates with His Network

Ari Melber | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics


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.

Change.Gov's First Big Failure

Ari Melber | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics


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.

Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics


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...

Broadband Bullies Shouldn't Benefit From Stimulus

Art Brodsky | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media


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.

Broadband: Not for Kids Only

Marty Kaplan | Posted 01.15.2009 | Media


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.

At Harvard, Obama Staff Envision Their Movement's Future

Ari Melber | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics


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.

Obama's Broadband Roadmap

Timothy Karr | Posted 01.08.2009 | Media


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.

It's Time for a Wiki White House

Dan Froomkin | Posted 12.26.2008 | Media


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.

Here to Stay?

Jimmy Leach | Posted 12.25.2008 | Media


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.

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

Monroe Price | Posted 12.18.2008 | Media


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?

Facebooking Obama's Cabinet

Ari Melber | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

The cyberstalking of Obama's administration has begun.

Obama Staffs Up Web Outreach Crew For Transition

Talking Points Memo | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics


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...

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

Kirk Snyder | Posted 12.12.2008 | Business


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.

Obama To Create First Truly "Wired" Presidency

Washington Post | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics


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 ...

How You YouTubed This Election (Video)

Ari Melber | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

In America's first YouTube election, it turns out the voters were mainly in charge -- not the campaigns or news organizations.

Obama Win Helps Tech, Could Hurt Hollywood

Art Brodsky | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media


Art Brodsky

From top to bottom, the Obama/Biden plan has just about everything the tech/Internet industry could ask for. But Hollywood is at a crossroads as it decides how to leverage its usual influence within a Democratic administration.

Volunteers Report on the Full-Media Campaign: How Obama Is Mailing, Pinging and Texting His Grassroots Supporters

Beverly Davis | Posted 11.30.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

With its persistent cascade of well-crafted emails, text messages, phone calls, door knocks and campaign ads, the Obama machine has honed the fine art of guilt as well as has any overbearing mother.

Why I Support Barack Obama

Tim O'Reilly | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics


Tim O'Reilly

We need a president who is conversant with, and comfortable with, the power of technology to assist in solving America's problems.