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The Internet & Politics

      Sean McGuire
Politics, News, and how they Spread
                                    Online Query Locations
                                  Email via social sites        53%
     Medium Usage                 Major news sites              49%
 Television          95%          Email from political          32%
                                  groups
 Newspapers          75%
                                  New-aggregation sites 29%
 Radio               72%
                                  Video-sharing sites           28%
 Internet            65%          (youtube)
 Magazines           49%          Voter-information sites 19%

                                  Political news sites          14%
  Survey results based on roughly 200 individuals following 2008 election
The Move to the Web
● Doubling in online news usage.
   ○ 27% in 2004
   ○ 64% in 2008

● Traditional outlets not losing ground to partisan sites.

● The "two-step flow"
   ○ News outlets produce informatio
   ○ Individuals as content filters; opinion leaders

● Important medium for politically active.
Revitalizing the Process
 ● Emailing candidates

 ● Online petitions
    ○ Easier, digital signatures
    ○ Less effective?

 ● Forums for discussion
    ○ Greater debate
    ○ "Substantive exchanges"

 ● Video as an (emerging?) outlet for discussion.
Overly-Interested vote less?
Thoughts, concerns, wrap-up...

 ● What do you use to bolster your political knowledge?
 ● A new online candidate selection process. The end of the
   entrenched candidates?
    ○ http://www.americanselect.org/
 ● Online activism. Where is the line drawn?
    ○ Wikileaks, Anonymous, LulzSec
 ● Have you heard of H.R. 1981?
    ○ Where would you go for further information?
    ○ What would you do to support? Protest?
Citations

 ● GARRETT, R., & DANZIGER, J. N. (2011). The Internet
   Electorate. Communications of the ACM, 54(3), 117-123.
   doi:10.1145/1897852.1897881

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Politics and the Internet

  • 1. The Internet & Politics Sean McGuire
  • 2. Politics, News, and how they Spread Online Query Locations Email via social sites 53% Medium Usage Major news sites 49% Television 95% Email from political 32% groups Newspapers 75% New-aggregation sites 29% Radio 72% Video-sharing sites 28% Internet 65% (youtube) Magazines 49% Voter-information sites 19% Political news sites 14% Survey results based on roughly 200 individuals following 2008 election
  • 3. The Move to the Web ● Doubling in online news usage. ○ 27% in 2004 ○ 64% in 2008 ● Traditional outlets not losing ground to partisan sites. ● The "two-step flow" ○ News outlets produce informatio ○ Individuals as content filters; opinion leaders ● Important medium for politically active.
  • 4. Revitalizing the Process ● Emailing candidates ● Online petitions ○ Easier, digital signatures ○ Less effective? ● Forums for discussion ○ Greater debate ○ "Substantive exchanges" ● Video as an (emerging?) outlet for discussion.
  • 6. Thoughts, concerns, wrap-up... ● What do you use to bolster your political knowledge? ● A new online candidate selection process. The end of the entrenched candidates? ○ http://www.americanselect.org/ ● Online activism. Where is the line drawn? ○ Wikileaks, Anonymous, LulzSec ● Have you heard of H.R. 1981? ○ Where would you go for further information? ○ What would you do to support? Protest?
  • 7. Citations ● GARRETT, R., & DANZIGER, J. N. (2011). The Internet Electorate. Communications of the ACM, 54(3), 117-123. doi:10.1145/1897852.1897881