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Report
Dec 30, 2008Aaron Smith
Voters expect that the level of public engagement they experienced with Barack Obama during the campaign, much of it occurring online, will continue into the early period of his new administration.
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Report
Jun 15, 2008Lee Rainie, Aaron Smith
A record-breaking 46% of Americans have already used the internet for politics this election season and Barack Obama's backers have an edge.
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Commentary
Dec 5, 2008Aaron Smith
After a presidential race in which the internet played a huge role in empowering ordinary citizens to participate in the political process, change.gov offers a fascinating look into how the new administration is attempting to replicate this dynami...
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Report
Jan 11, 2008Andrew Kohut
The internet is living up to its potential as a major source for news about the presidential campaign. Nearly a quarter of Americans (24%) say they regularly learn something about the campaign from the internet, almost the double the percentage fr...
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Report
Jan 17, 2007Lee Rainie, John Horrigan
Twice as many Americans used the internet as their primary source of news about the 2006 campaign compared with the most recent mid-term election in 2002.
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Commentary
Jan 5, 2009Aaron Smith
Ars Technica has a great write-up of our recent Voter Engagement report.
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Commentary
Jan 4, 2008Aaron Smith
Barack Obama makes an early play for "YouTube moment of the 2008 campaign"
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More in: Politics, Video
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Commentary
Jul 7, 2008Susannah Fox
Something important is afoot in the land when people are able to access and share "industrial strength" information instead of being satisfied with the "consumer strength" information previously offered to them.
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More in: Health, Politics, Web 2.0
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Commentary
Nov 20, 2008Susannah Fox
The U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, hosted a cross-cultural discussion of the internet and politics in which the word "cool" played a starring role.
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