By Mark Bahnisch on January 20, 2009
Some of the issues I was discussing in my recent post about Barack Obama’s web based strategy and its potential for both further political hay making and for keeping an electoral coalition together are neatly encapsulated in this article from [...]
Posted in Activism, Sociology, The Web, USA | Tagged barack obama, blogosphere, change.gov, liberals, netroots, open government, Sociology, US politics |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 15, 2009
You can pick almost any American liberal blog at random for signs that Barack Obama is already disappointing “the base” – that is, if the netroots actually constitute or represent his base. I’m still a tad surprised by this phenomenon [...]
Posted in Activism, Blogging, Sociology, The Web, USA | Tagged barack obama, blogosphere, change.gov, Crooked Timber, Henry Farrell, liberals, netroots, open government, Sociology, US politics |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 6, 2008
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/3004965364_03e56ac41f.jpg" Image of spontaneous street celebrations in Harlem courtesy of matt semel at flickr – reproduced under a Creative Commons licence. No doubt one of the big stories about the US election will be the influence of the blogosphere [...]
Posted in Activism, Blogging, Elections, Foreign Elections, Media, Polls, Sociology, Technology, USA | Tagged Activism, Blogging, blogosphere, citizen journalism, Media, netroots, online media, participatory democracy, political blogging, political sociology, psephology, punditariat, Sociology, sociology of media, Technology, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Kim on November 4, 2008
Some US states which were influenced by the Progressive direct democracy movement in the early years of last century (which also saw direct elections to the US Senate and the beginnings of the presidential primary) have “propositions” as part of [...]
Posted in Activism, Foreign Elections, Lesbian and Gay, Sexuality, USA | Tagged 8against8, Arnold Schwarzenegger, ballot iniatives, ballot measures, blogosphere, california, civil rights, Culture Wars, direct democracy, Haviland, L Word, lesbian and gay rights, netroots, Proposition 8, propositions, referenda, Riese, same sex marriage, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Kim on October 30, 2008
So, the netroots thing has its role to play in inspiring enthusiasm and turnout, combating stoopid talking points, etc, etc, but what future for the liberal/left blogosphere in the States in the event of an Obama win? Michael Bérubé recalls [...]
Posted in Blogging, Foreign Elections | Tagged barack obama, Bill Clinton, blogosphere, Clinton administration, left, liberals, Michael Bérubé, netroots, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 10, 2008
Although aspects of his critique are tentatively sketched by his own admission, Jay Rosen has hit more nails than he’s missed with his analysis of the significance of the Sarah Palin veep selection by the McCain campaign. Rosen’s article is [...]
Posted in Blogging, Ethics, Foreign Elections, Media, Polls, Sociology, USA, Women | Tagged Alaska, american election 2008, Andrew Perrin, barack obama, blogosphere, bridge to nowhere, cultural studies, Culture Wars, Democrats, earmarks, electoral behaviour, Gary Kamiya, George W. Bush, GOP, Jay Rosen, John McCain, Karl Rove, netroots, political blogging, political sociology, political strategy, Polls, Republicans, sarah palin, Sociology, sociology of media, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
By Kim on September 3, 2008
As a bit of a follow up to the discussion on this post of the familial scandals confected or exploited about GOP Vice-Presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, here’s two excellent and thought provoking pieces. First, Feminist Philosophers asks [...]
Posted in Activism, Blogging, Climate change, Culture, Economics, Ethics, Feminism, Foreign Elections, Health, Media, Parenting, Poverty, Sociology, USA, Women | Tagged american election 2008, barack obama, Blogging, blogosphere, Bristol Palin, celebrity politics, civic republicanism, Daily Kos, deliberation, deliberative democracy, democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, Feminism, feminist blogging, GOP, John McCain, Naomi Wolf, netroots, online public sphere, political blogging, political scandals, public sphere, Rebecca Traister, Republican party, sarah palin, social justice, US election 2008, veep, vice-presidential candidate |
By tigtog on August 20, 2008
Running for Office: It’s Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner Sean Tevis’ innovative method of raising internet funds in his venture to oust and replace his current State Representative (basically equivalent to one of [...]
Posted in Blogging, Foreign Elections, Media, Sociology, The Web, USA | Tagged comic strip, donors, Elections, kansas legislature, netroots, novice, republican rival, state mps, state representative, target, tevis, war chest |
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