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Jun 11, 2012NPR
During the 2008 presidential campaign, people on YouTube consumed a billion minutes of Barack Obama campaign videos. That adds up to almost 2,000 years.
This year, Obama and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney are on the way to leavi...
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Dec 28, 2011The New York Times
After using Facebook and Twitter in recent months primarily to broadcast their messages and raise money, the Republican presidential candidates are increasingly turning to social media sites and other online tools to mobilize voters before the Iow...
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Nov 4, 2011Boston Globe
While mostly younger voters rely on social media for information, it’s no longer exclusively their domain. The fastest-growing demographic group using social networking sites is those over 50, according to a Pew Research Center study from 2010.
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Sep 29, 2011Associated Press
(AP) WASHINGTON — Eight of every 10 members of Congress are on Facebook and Twitter, but social media experts say lawmakers should be more interactive in using online communication tools to reach out to young people, one of their most elusive con...
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Jul 20, 2011Christian Science Monitor
Many politicians use Twitter and other social media simply to post campaign ads or other information they want to broadcast, Hemingway says. But one of his clients is a high-ranking Republican in Congress who will personally respond to tweets with...
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Jul 7, 2011San Francisco Chronicle
[...] Aaron Smith, a senior research specialist with the Pew Research Center, said Pew Internet studies show Twitter's demographics are also a key.
"When you look at Twitter in comparison with some of the other online tools, it skews a ...
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Apr 28, 2011msnbc.com
Social media use among politically-active internet users has jumped in the last four years, and it’s also become more bipartisan, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
In 2010, a quarter of adults said that the Intern...
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Apr 20, 2011NPR
Internet activism has always been a medium of inclusiveness — Twitter and YouTube rather than either/or. And this time around, there will be even more new technologies no presidential candidate has used before, such as canvassing apps for the iPho...
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Apr 19, 2011New York Times
During last year’s midterm elections, Republicans caught up with Democrats in using technology and social networks, and now many Republicans elected to the House and Senate are using these tools more than Democrats, according to several political ...
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Apr 17, 2011Los Angeles Times
Four years ago, Barack Obama kicked off his presidential campaign on the steps of Illinois' Old State Capitol, speaking in front of thousands of supporters and a throng of media. Earlier this month, when he formally announced his reelection campai...
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