http://www.crowdsurfing.net/2008/09/01/the-year-that-the-internet-changed-american-politics/ Surviving and Thriving in the age of empowerment Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:41:55 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.crowdsurfing.net/2008/09/01/the-year-that-the-internet-changed-american-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Martin Thomas Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:46:41 +0000 http://www.crowdsurfing.net/?p=85#comment-3 So many of Obama's best ideas were beta tested during the Dean campaign ... something we hopefully acknowledge in the book. So many of Obama’s best ideas were beta tested during the Dean campaign … something we hopefully acknowledge in the book.

]]> http://www.crowdsurfing.net/2008/09/01/the-year-that-the-internet-changed-american-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Amanda Mooney Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:28:27 +0000 http://www.crowdsurfing.net/?p=85#comment-2 I recently heard Clay Shirky describe the evolution of how social media is leveraged by presidential candidates. He said Dean used social media and specifically sites like Meetup.com as a tactic. Obama has leveraged platforms on the Web not as a reactionary tactic but as a core strategy from the beginning. I recently heard Clay Shirky describe the evolution of how social media is leveraged by presidential candidates. He said Dean used social media and specifically sites like Meetup.com as a tactic. Obama has leveraged platforms on the Web not as a reactionary tactic but as a core strategy from the beginning.

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