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    Twitter, Facebook and YouTube now crucial to presidential campaigns

    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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    Poll: GOP catches up with Dems in social media use

    Younger Internet users, Pew says, were more likely to use social media for these political activities, but people over age 50 are rapidly catching up.

    President Obama's 2008 campaign pioneered the use of social media in his overall comm...

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    Republicans now as nimble as Democrats on social media, study finds

    Democrats and the Obama campaign may have pioneered the use of social media in an election, but Republican voters and tea party activists caught up with them in 2010, according to a new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

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    Obama No Longer Leads The Pack On Social Media

    "Lots more people — including Republicans, independents, supporters of the Tea Party — are just as active in this space as Democrats used to be," says Lee Rainie, director of Pew's Internet and American Life Project. "So the Democratic advantage, ...

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f parents of online teens say they are concerned about how much information advertisers can learn about their child’s online behavior

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