An article at Jezebel identifies high-school students who posted racist tweets in the wake of the election, raising a number of questions about what we consider to be an appropriate response to that kind of behavior, and when the cure is worse than the disease. Read more at GigaOM »
Last night, as the results of the 2012 election rolled in, millions of Americans were glued to their TVs, computers and smartphones. But those who had relied on Nate Silver and FiveThirtyEight throughout the campaign had to turn to TV networks and Twitter at the end. Read more »
The debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney was the most tweeted-about event in U.S. political history — but is the kind of real-time commentary and instant analysis that Twitter provides a good thing or a bad thing for the political process or society as a whole? Read more at GigaOM »
The rise of social media tools such as blogs and Twitter have changed the political landscape, in part by speeding up the news cycle and broadening the range of sources that are available. But are these developments good or bad for the practice of political journalism? Read more at GigaOM »
Former Republican presidential candiate Herman Cain is launching a web TV channel, “CainTV,” tomorrow for the 4th of July. It promises “whether you are looking for commentary, comedy, or culture, CainTV delivers it all in an Informed, Inspirational, and INtertaining way.” (Sic?) Read more »
I thought it would be cool to be retweeted by the President, but it kind of sucked. Read more »
The White House announced major privacy initiatives this week amidst a growing hubbub over how technology companies use consumers’ personal… Read more »
It’s an election year, which means politicians are frantically trying to raise money for their campaigns. President Obama’s re-election camp… Read more »
The Obama administration will create a new position-a sort of “privacy czar”-to oversee an increasingly vigilant approach to online privacy,… Read more »
It doesn’t get much more surreal than this. I’m headed north from Miami on the second deck of the Tri-Rail train using an AT&T (NYSE: T) 3G… Read more »
