Monthly Archives: December 2012

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Power of the internet

The sound of the radio, the picture of the television, and the vast information that is not found in any other specific location. Obama has used the internet to collect donations, and those who use the internet tend to donate … Continue reading

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What did you say?

By comparing the two “wordles” we can see what the candidates focused on. McCain (top wordle) mentions “Obama”, “strategy”,”united”, “know”, “government” the most. Obama (botton wordle) mentions “McCain”, “Senator”, “going”, “now”, “right”, and “problem the most. We can see that … Continue reading

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The Effect of The Blogosphere

The freedom of the press and crowd targeting could cause problems but it can also turn out to be a solution, it all depends on how it is used. Freedom of the press on blogs could detect all of the … Continue reading

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2012 Election: Spacial Foreshadowing

In 2012 Presidential Election, Barack Obama won: 7/10 top states with largest population 8/10 top states with most internet users 7/10 top states with most Facebook users Based on this 2010 data.

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2012 Election: Data Mining Candidate Websites

Mitt Romney’s Job Creation Barack Obama’s Jobs and the Economy   Make sure to click on the images themselves. Their enlarged versions quite possibly show us why Obama won the election. Romney’s picture is almost completely filled up with words … Continue reading

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2004 Election: Words to Win the Vote

As the candidates used their campaign sites to to connect with possible voters, the words used on their sites became incredibly important. John Kerry Campaign site: George W. Bush campaign site: By data mining both Bush and  Kerry’s campaign sites, it is easy … Continue reading

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2008 Election: The continuation and transformation of the social connection.

Barack Obama was able to transform the strategy of using the web to influence voters. He did so by Involvement through Empowerment. His 2008 campaign was the first to truly intergrade the social media into a way of reaching out … Continue reading

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2012 Election: Harper Reed and New Technology

While researching the impact of new technology on the Obama campaign, I kept running into the same name – Harper Reed. Reed was the campaign’s chief technology officer. He was responsible for all successes and failures of the new tech … Continue reading

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2012 Election: Infographics

Source This infographic is meant to show the increasing number of people going online(social media) for anything relating to the election. Additionally, it shows that liberals are more  likely to use social media websites like Twitter and Facebook.   Source … Continue reading

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