Twitter & Politics

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The 2008 Election

Twitter Stats

Twitter Updates 8 Jan 2007 - 29 Apr 2007 - 13 Jan 2008 - 19 Sept 2008 - 14 Nov 2007 5 Nov 2008 30 Oct 2008 24 Oct 2008

Updates: Tech • Edwards: all posts from phone; (staff) posts from web • Obama: all posts from the web • Clinton: all posts from the web • McCain: all posts from Twitterfeed

Updates: Style • Edwards - personal, from the candidate (“I”); exceptions noted • Obama - clearly campaign updates, announcements in the main • Clinton - personal, from the candidate (“I”); exceptions in third person

Obama Stats • Mostly one-way mass announcements (262) • 201 posts: “where am I?” • 27 posts: “call to action” • 24 posts: “announcements” • 13 posts expressed an emotion

QOTD: Why did 165,000 people sign up to get messages that were the equivalent of adverts ... in a space where “experts” insist participant value “real” human interaction?

Electioneering v Governing • rchiving requirements A • se of public resources U requirements

Among The First • en. James Inhofe (R-OK) S • en. James DeMint (R-SC) S • 0 Downing Street 1

WA Politicians On Twitter urrent ofﬁce holders: @GovGregoire @SimsRon @CouncilmanTim @jenngreg eattle Mayoral candidates: @mcginnformayor @normansigler @jandrago4mayor eattle City Councils candidates: City Council andidates: @mikejobrien @SallyBagshaw @BobbyForch @brokenlantern @davidginsberg SOURCE: @jjtweets

Twitter Survey Quotes Like moving into a neighborhood where you get to choose nowledgeable & interesting neighbor You may not spend all your time on th ront porch, but you get a lot out of it when you do. - Anonymous University of Washington Twitter survey (@UWSurvey) participant, May 2009

Twitter Survey Quotes As a journalist, this is the best way to ollow the news of the day and to ﬁnd out how our industry is changing. Twitter is my new media seminar, ever day. - Anonymous University of Washington Twitter survey (@UWSurvey) participant, May 2009 responding to the question “What would you say to a friend who asked you about Twitter?quot;

Twitter Survey Quotes It's not just quot;I'm making pancakesquot;. nstead it's the great hum of human houghts that add up to something much bigger than the sum of their arts. It's what's going on *right now* - Anonymous University of Washington Twitter survey (@UWSurvey) participant, May 2009 responding to the question “What would you say to a friend who asked you about Twitter?quot;

Twitter Survey Quotes At its core twitter is a no frills ommunication platform which forces ou to be short and to the point. Because you need to be short and to he point, information is shared quickl nd plentifully. - Anonymous University of Washington Twitter survey (@UWSurvey) participant, May 2009

Twitter Survey Quotes It's like sex. Everyone does it differently nd most everyone can ﬁnd something hey like about it. Some people just don' et it, and never will. Trying too hard makes it worse. Just have fun with it and e safe. - Anonymous University of Washington Twitter survey (@UWSurvey) participant, May 2009 responding to the question “What would you say to a friend who asked you about Twitter?quot;

CC License: share&share alike, attribution, non-commercial • Presentation by Kathy E. Gill 27 May 2009 @ TheTwitterConference • http://parnassusgroup.com/twitterconference/sessions/ • http://faculty.washington.edu/kegill • @kegill • Images: Twitter.com logo, UncleSam from http:// test.mla.lib.mi.us/ﬁles/images/UncleSam_2.gif

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Twitter & Politics

by Kathy Gill on May 29, 2009

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