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P2P2G: The rise of e-diplomacy

With President Barack Obama off on his first trip to the Middle East, the news media will inevitably spend the next few days analyzing his comings and goings, whom he met with, how he was greeted by Egyptian officials and all the other tea-leaf ...

From ANDREW RASIEJ,MICAH L. SIFRY, The Politico,  4 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc

The rise of government 2.0

Last Friday, the White House made a splash online by announcing the launch of its official presence on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, the popular social networking hubs. In doing so, President Barack Obama’s new media team demonstrated its ...

From ANDREW RASIEJ,MICAH L. SIFRY, The Politico,  7 May 2009
Related Topics: White House,  Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  Barack Obama

Social networking, new governing

If Facebook were a country, it would be the world’s seventh biggest in terms of population. In terms of the amount of attention it draws daily from its 175 million members — roughly 20 to 30 minutes on average spent updating their profiles, reading ...

From ANDREW RASIEJ,MICAH L. SIFRY, The Politico,  12 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Mark Zuckerberg,  Barack Obama

Will Obama keep his tech promises?

Fifteen months ago, candidate Barack Obama took the stage at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., following six other presidential contenders who had visited the tech industry powerhouse to woo Silicon Valley and demonstrate their ...

From ANDREW RASIEJ,MICAH L. SIFRY, The Politico,  25 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Google Inc.,  Wall Street Journal,  Kara Swisher,  Sunlight Foundation

'We' has power over 'me'

Lately we’ve been hearing a lot about members of Congress who are Twittering, and the creation of YouTube portals for the House and Senate mark a further embrace of the new media. While it’s good to see so many incumbents getting on the Internet wagon, ...

From ANDREW RASIEJ,MICAH L. SIFRY, The Politico,  5 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Facebook Inc.

Obama has kept his tech promise so far

As a candidate for president, Barack Obama offered the public a detailed and sweeping vision of the role of the Internet in fostering innovation, transforming government and improving the lives of Americans. In his technology platform, he promised to ...

From ANDREW RASIEJ,MICAH L. SIFRY, The Politico,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Tom Daschle,  Creative Commons

Obama’s chief tech duties

For a long time, we’ve been saying that America’s politicians couldn’t tell the difference between a server and a waiter. Now, it looks like President-elect Barack Obama not only knows the difference, but he also understands how to harness the power of ...

From ANDREW RASIEJ,MICAH L. SIFRY, The Politico,  11 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama

The Web: 2008's winning ticket

Now that the election is over, there is no longer any question as to whether the Internet had a demonstrable effect on its results. The 2008 presidential campaign was by far the most engaging in modern history because there were so many ways for voters, ...

From ANDREW RASIEJ,MICAH L. SIFRY, The Politico,  12 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  Pew Research Center,  John F. Kerry,  Wall Street Journal

YouTube for president?

Whatever the results on Nov. 4, we’re already prepared to declare the winner of Election 2008: YouTube. Founded in February 2005, the free video-sharing Web service is the killer application of the cycle. Consider these facts: First, YouTube is ...

From ANDREW RASIEJ,MICAH L. SIFRY, The Politico,  14 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Pew Research Center,  John McCain,  TiVo Inc.,  Barack Obama

Online activists rise against the bailout

Vote these bums out . Congress has a lower approval rating than the UNIBOMBER . Obama has been caught with his hand deepest in "What do you think should be done?" "I think first of all they should replace the current snapshot to market with a ...

From ANDREW RASIEJ,MICAH L. SIFRY, The Politico,  24 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Ron Paul,  U.S. Congress,  Constitution Party,  John McCain,  Barack Obama

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