2.6+Political+processes

=** STRAND 2: Politics and government > ** Political processes = Online campaigning, voting, lobbying, fund-raising and advertising.

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helped share it with the world in realtime. We want #18DaysInEgypt to be a crowd-sourced interactive documentary of the events in Egypt from #Jan25 to a political party called the Liberal Democrats into Power. This group had similar success getting a particular record to the top of the UK charts. ||  || IT System allows UK residents to send an email immediately to their local politician. || Multimedia || Is this Hugo Chavez's Twitter Account or a Fake? || Hugo Chavez and his use of Twitter - does he really tweet? || Multimedia || Youtube generation ||  || //and if an initiative gathers enough votes, the government must vote on it."// || People and Machines, Digital Citizenship || //message read by a presidential candidate trying to get her to vote.// //"It was Mitt Romney saying, 'I know you have an absentee ballot and// //I know you haven't sent it in yet,' " Trulen said in an interview. "That// //just sent me over the line. Not only is it like Big Brother. It is Big Brother.// //It's down to where they know I have a ballot and I haven't sent it in! I// //thought when I requested the ballot that the only other entity that would// //know was the Mukwonago clerk.""// ||  ||
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 * Hillary Clinton PAC spends millions on ‘correcting’ her critics on social media || INteresting to see how politicians are now looking to subvert social media and correct its messages. A PAC that has reportedly received million dollars in funding is pledging to increase its fight against those who personally attack Clinton and her superdelegates on social media. Correct the Record, as it is known, has created a task force to aid the Democrat primary hopeful’s online supporter base and “push back” against the online harassment being thrown at Clinton. ||  ||
 * The first Snapchat election: how Bernie and Hillary are targeting the youth vote || Elections around again - and politicians have moved onto the latest forms of social media in the US. Interesting whether their is a belief this will affect the outcome or simply confuse the outcome. ||  ||
 * Twitter in Greece Crisis - How the Greek Government under Tsipras is tweeting their way to popularity... || Great article showing how the use of twitter buy actual party members of Syriza is having a transparent and popular affect on Eurozone negotiations. ||  ||
 * The social worm that can lead to electoral success? || In the UK recent elections - social media was used to gauge voters reactions to individual comments during the leaders debates. ||  ||
 * 18daysinEgypt || " We want to tell the story of the Egyptian revolution with the same tools that
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 * Facebook group setup to get a Political Group into Office || During the latest UK election - a Facebook group was setup to support
 * A website setup to publicise Political Ideas || 38 degrees is a website for asking for political action, and through a clever
 * Mashable Article on Hugo Chavez's Twitter Account
 * Government MP's are sacked for using Twitter to offend. || When the use of Twitter backfires on political candidates. || People and Machines ||
 * Obama on socialized Media || Video from Obama on socialized Media and its effect on political processes. ||  ||
 * Youtube and Parliament || Great article about Government processes and how they do not fit with a
 * Crowdsourcing Government in Finland || //"////Case in point: Finland now allows citizens to propose new laws online,//
 * Microtargeting of US Political campaign begins to really worry voters || //"But one call she got on Halloween still haunts her. It was a recorded//

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 * = Politics 2.0 - and more regarding giving power to the people. Does Twitter and
 * = Clay Shirky's TED talk was one of the first to link social media

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