Tag archive for ‘internet’
A MoveOn.org for Europe?
Whilst a lot of hyperbole is spoken with regards to online campaigning we shouldn’t underestimate its importance. Online campaigning is useful because it can facilitate a more bottom up and consultative process than traditional campaigning. It can also join geographically distant groups relatively cheaply. For that reason a well organised online campaign movement for the [...]
Principles of a Social Democratic Internet Policy
Social democratic parties have had a difficult time adjusting to the internet age. They have severe difficulties in understanding in what way – positive and negative – online technologies penetrate people’s lives. The age structure of parties is an additional obstacle as different generations tend to use the internet differently. When parties have dealt with [...]
Margot Wallstrom – Politics in the Internet Age
Margot Wallstrom posted an interesting video on politics in the internet age: By the way, I have never comes across this Big Think website before. Looks quite interesting…
Governing the Internet and Blogosphere?!
It might well be that e-government will get an additional meaning very soon. If this happens the word would not just describe how we use technology for government purposes but also how we govern technology. There are currently issues cropping up all over Europe and the traditional theoretical foundations of political parties do not provide [...]
World Wide Webbed: The Obama Campaign’s masterful Use of the Internet
Just as President Barack Obama has shaken up the status quo in his first 100 days in office, his campaign overturned old formulas about how to win the presidency. The Obama campaign did not focus only on battleground states, but instead charged into states that previously had been solidly Republican turf. With a historic economic [...]
