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Participatory Politics

Young People Seek Political Discourse Online

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 09.11.2012 | Politics
Read More: Participatory Politics, Blog, Voting, Youth Culture, Civics, Maya Cueva, Election, Online, Politics News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By: Maya Cueva Youth might not be going to the polls in vast numbers, but that doesn’t mean they don’t care about making change in their ...

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Political Pioneers or Bed Texters?

Joseph Kahne | Posted 09.02.2012 | Technology
Read More: Youth Activism, Participatory Politics, Youth Politics Technology, Politics Participation, Tech Youth Politics, Tech Media Youth, Youth Participatory Politics, Youth Politics, Digital Activists, Technology News
Joseph Kahne

Youth may not all be digital activists, but participatory politics are a significant dimension of their political lives.

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McCain Wades Into Email Fight Over Stimulus

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Mccain Pac, Obama Email, Mccain Stimulus, Blue State Digital, mccain.com, Macon Phillips, Nancy Scola, Mitch Stewart, Mccain Email, Jerome Armstrong, Organizing for America, Techpresident, Country First Pac, Participatory Politics, Micah Sifry, Jeremy Bird, Zephyr Teachout, Al Giordano, Obama for America 2.0, Tom Watson Blog, Politics News
Ari Melber

Organizationally, McCain's campaign email list is very thin, since the majority of addresses were purchased, not organically recruited.

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Bloggers Lead Media to Report McCain/Palin's Campaign "Lies"

Alan W. Silberberg and Ralph J. Shapira | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: John McCain, E-Government, Myspace, Bloggers, Politics, Blog Journalism, Twitter, Political Process, Digital Democracy, Presidential Election 2008, Facebook, 2008 Election, Local Power, Ralph J. Shapira, GW Bush, Political Social Networking, Social Networking, Alan W. Silberberg, Participatory Politics, You2gov, Media News
Alan W. Silberberg and Ralph J. Shapira

While traditional media have disparaged blogs as being unreliable, that chaotic, unmediated world known as "the blogosphere" has led the way in ferreting truth from falsehood.

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