Making and Shaping Politics:

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Making and Shaping Politics

• THE INTERNET

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QUESTION--

• When will we have our first U.S. President
  elected via the Internet?

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ANSWER--

• Its already happened
• with the 2004 election.

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Some social networks shaping the 2008
presidential campaign

• YouTube
• Classmates Online
• Facebook
• MySpace
• Flickr
• Blogs
• Second Life
• del.icio.us

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U.S. Senator Barack Obama, Illinois
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Former mayor of New York City

• http//www.joinrudy2008.com/index.php?section5s
  onblog
• Show your support for Rudy by adding these
  widgets to your blog.

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U.S. Senator John Edwards, North Carolina

• http//johnedwards.com/
• CONNECT WITH THE CAMPAIGN
• John Edwards has a presence on 23 online social
  networks

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• Digital Political Strategiesfor Advocacy and
  Electoral Campaigns.
• http//www.internetadvocacycenter.com/

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Internet Advocacy Center Library

• http//www.internetadvocacycenter.com/thinktank/li
  brary.html