Comments on: New Data Confirms Growing Influence of Internet on Politics, But Not Quite Yet the Deciding Factor

By: Influence of the Internet on Politics « Meranda’s Blog

Influence of the Internet on Politics « Meranda’s Blog — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:20:31 +0000

[...] has really popularized politics to the younger generation, who are what some people say, “growing up online”. More and [...]

By: Coffee Musing Affects the Minds Of Others… | Coffee Muses

Coffee Musing Affects the Minds Of Others… | Coffee Muses — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:20:20 +0000

[...] New Data Confirms Growing Influence of Internet on Politics, But Not Quite Yet the Deciding Factor [...]

By: More on Web Politics at Tropophilia

More on Web Politics at Tropophilia — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:29:54 +0000

[...] to my recent post about politics and the web, TechCrunch’s Erick Schonfeld breaks down a report by the Pew Research Center studying the use of the Internet in political campaigns. [...]

By: The Internet as a Check & Balance for Elections | David Ortez

The Internet as a Check & Balance for Elections | David Ortez — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:45:36 +0000

[...] 13, 2008 – 10:45pm. I wanted to share the PEW Research Center’s conclusion about "Where the Public Learns about Political Campaigns" posted by Erick Schonfeld over at TechCruch. As one would surmise, the influence of the internet as [...]

By: iCluck - SEO/SEM

iCluck - SEO/SEM — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:16:02 +0000

The searck marketing aspect of things hasn’t even caught on yet with these candidates — They aren’t targeting the right keywords and they aren’t really using the internet for maximum potential — I was reading that this is primarily due to sophistication ?? That is so very odd — Search marketing, SEO and PPC are not complicated — By 2012, the internet will definitely be a new playing ground =o)

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:08:35 +0000

I’m tired of the Mass Media trying so hard to sell their views to us. We need to teach more people to get their news online.

By: Munashe Gumbozvanda

Munashe Gumbozvanda — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:59:32 +0000

in africa the same thing is happening, politicians down here are going crazy for the internet.
they mostly all have they’re own strategy for winning people online.

By: johns

johns — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:34:26 +0000

I’d be curious as to how many of the internet respondents identify blogs vs. web site visits as their source. And how many of the blog people use an RSS reader.

By: Andrew Pass

Andrew Pass — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:20:19 +0000

Hi Erick,

Check out the way that I incorporated this post into a set of discussion starters designed to promote discussion of current events in the classroom. It’s available on my blog. I’d love to hear your reactions.

Andy

By: sandeep

sandeep — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:38:11 +0000

i think it will save a lot of campaigning money in future to politicians and political parties

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:52:13 +0000

I hate to shamelessly plug, but since I have no shame, here goes:

http://www.prim...imepolitics.com

We just launched the site. We post the best political news and commentary of the day. I wouldn’t go so far as to call us a social network but we have some social features and will be adding some new ones in the near future. Additionally, our users can post links and effectively act as editors to a portion of the site.

This promises to be a very exciting year. This election is going to saturate the media for the next 12 months. Awful if you’re sick of it but great if you’re a junkie.

I’d love some feedback on the site from the tech side of things so feel free…

By: newssweb

newssweb — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:27:38 +0000

Cool insight on Political culture and Internet.

By: Scott Yates

Scott Yates — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:23:03 +0000

Was this poll done by the same people that predicted Obama by 15 in New Hampshire?

Nothing more fun than lying to a poll taker. After all, nobody’s going to admit that they don’t want to vote for someone because they have funny ears, or that they really do read the paper every day.

By: Al Ramirez

Al Ramirez — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:48:41 +0000

The truth here is that people use the Internet to get news and information more and more versus traditional TV and Newspapers. It has also replaced the letter writing campaigns to do general fundraising but it hasn’t really increased voter participation to a great amount when you really consider all the off season and down ballot elections. When its all said and done the people who decide elections are older and richer, regardless of political affiliation and they generally get their information directly from their party or candidate and not just the internet or traditional media.

Remember the Rock the Vote and Vote or Die campaigns. Young people make a lot of noise but they don’t show up on election day. On election day facebook, myspace, bloggers and websites won’t be the deciding factors. They can hope that by being a source to remind people to vote the can use the event to support their marketing efforts to pick up some more users based on their usefulness as an general information resource.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:46:29 +0000

Yes, Lou Dobbs. And that’s just sad– the most pessimistic, clueless populist, fear-mongering windbag to ever stink up the tube, and his viewers are only two happy to chalk up any problem they might have to anyone but themselves. That stat is the worst news in those numbers.

By: Dustin Coates

Dustin Coates — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:41:14 +0000

Lou Dobbs is on there? Isn’t that the guy who is middle of the pack for nightly ratings?

By: Travis

Travis — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:01:05 +0000

This election is so different from the past because of the mass media coverage. It is really interesting to see how the candidates react to the celebrity status. I love to see the interner becoming a tool that is used to spead the infomation to they younger generation. A couple good site that have poped up are http://www.electionU.com and http://www.politicalbase.com. Both of these offer great looks on issues and politicians through the voice of regular individuals.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:56:14 +0000

That’s 2 “teh”s in a row across 2 separate articles, Erick.

l337

By: Steve Jabs

Steve Jabs — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:52:45 +0000

Growing with this trend is http://www.20dc.com. We are a political social networking and citizen journalism startup. As the race for the White House heats up, we are seeing more and more traffic coming by. We are hoping with the combination of some of the unique features that we have and live-results coverage of the primaries and caucuses that we will convert more and more citizens. Some press wouldn’t be too bad either… *hint hint* TC… .

By: Jenn Young

Jenn Young — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:47:48 +0000

Is this really a surprise with the advent and growth of the Intenet?