The Politics of Facebook
Can posting political screeds on social media sites actually change the minds of your friends and acquaintances, or is it a waste of time and energy? Read more
Tallying Votes in the Social Media Election
How do Barack and Mitt stack up in the battle for the social vote? Read more
Barbie’s Social Media ‘Glam-paign’ to The Pink House
Who is the most web-savvy, underdog candidate in the 2012 presidential election? Hint: she’s eleven inches tall, drives a Corvette convertible, and loves the color pink. Read more
Uncovering the Political Bang for a Buck
Stanford University’s Datafest hackathon posed a deceptively simple question: how can the display of campaign finance data be presented in a way that is engaging and user-friendly? Read more
Politwoops: Unlike Voters, the Internet Never Forgets
A new project called Politwoops is “the only comprehensive collection of deleted tweets by U.S. politicians;” tweets range on the embarrassment scale from minor (typo) to moderate (wrong account) to major (PR disaster). Oops. Read more