Online Social Networks in Politics: Promise, Frustration and...

TechPresident by Colin Delany | Aug. 27, 2008 (Speech)

Is 2008 the MySpace/Facebook election? You might think so from the political attention and resources invested in online social networks in the past year or so. The top presidential campaigns all amassed much-chronicled lists of hundreds of thousands of "friends" on MySpace and Facebook, and the Obama and McCain campaigns also invested in custom social networks for supporters early on (MyBarackObama has built to hundreds of thousands of members, while ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Aug 27, 2008 - 9:40 AM PDT
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