A comparison of the use of technology by politicians in the European Parliament elections (June 2009) and Norwegian Parliament elections (September 2009). Presentation by Jon Worth and Bente Kalsnes at the Norwegian Mission to the EU.

1. Technology and the European Parliament Elections 2009 Download: www.jonworth.eu/tech-ep.ppt Jon Worth | jon@jonworth.eu www.jonworth.eu | @jonworth http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections_2009_package/default.htm

2. Election Turnout 63% 61% 58.5% 56.8% 49.8% 45.6% 40%?

7. Information about the EP and voting www.votematch.eu - answer questions about European Politics and find the party closest to you www.euprofiler.eu - an alternative to VoteMatch www.votewatch.eu - how MEPs have voted in the European Parliament www.parlorama.eu - attendance records and activityof MEPs

8. Trends, Twitter and Blogs www.predict09.eu - EU-wide opinion polling prior to the elections www.europatweets.eu - all MEPs and candidates using Twitter www.tweetelect09.eu - trends on Twitter about the EP elections and #eu09 www.bloggingportal.eu - the best of the blogs about EU matters

9. Some way to go…

10. Technology and the European Parliament Elections 2009 Download: www.jonworth.eu/tech-ep.ppt Jon Worth | jon@jonworth.eu www.jonworth.eu | @jonworth http://www.flickr.com/photos/puisney/

11. Give us some of that Obama magic! All the Norwegian parties want to copy Barack Obama’s use of social media, but how?

15. Norwegian social media craze

16. Def: Social media A set of technologies, tools and platforms facilitating the discovery, participation and sharing of content. Ex: Facebook, Flickr, blogs.

23. Progressive Party - least interaction (Twitter, Facebook, blogs)

24. Conservative Party - most active support blogs, ”Blue bloggers”

25. Liberal - most debate focused

26. Socialist Left - best blogging politician, Minister of Education, Bård Vegar Solhjell

31. Now time for questions… Download the presentation: www.jonworth.eu/tech-ep.ppt Jon Worth | jon@jonworth.eu www.jonworth.eu | Twitter: @jonworth Bente Kalsnes | bente.kalsnes@gmail.com bentekalsnes.wordpress.com | Twitter: @benteka http://www.flickr.com/photos/xaf/2289377358/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexao/3529048221/sizes/l/