Health care reform is expected to dominate U.S. headlines for another week as the latest reform push is underway in Congress. While varying analyses place the odds for passage of the increasingly complicated reform scheme, opposition builds on both the left and the right. President Obama has nonetheless been hard at work pushing the proposals of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘new media’
Recent Events Indicate Relevance of New Media
How disappointing. When Time magazine put Barack Obama on the cover a few months ago, few if any actually thought that the old media would actively neglect is role, and treat President Obama like a second FDR. Unfortunately, recent events have shown this to be the case. In recent weeks, NBC ran television specials on [...]
“New Media” Must Become “Media”
Let’s take a glimpse at the evolution of the role of technology and so-called “new media” in politics. In the early years, there were “Web” departments — for example, my colleague Patrick Ruffini served as the “webmaster” for Bush-Cheney ’04. The new jargon for this role has become “new media,” which typically serves as an [...]
“Information Systems in the 2008 Elections”
Today, I had the privilege of teaching two classes of Management Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University about the use and impact of Information Systems (IS) in the 2008 elections. I published my PowerPoint at SlideShare for all to view: http://is.gd/8S7p Feel free to check it out and drop me a line if you have [...]
Lessons of the 2008 Election
Please note that this is by no means a comprehensive list of all of the lessons we should take from this year’s election. These are just a few of the many important recognitions we must make moving forward. The GOP’s electoral map has shrunk. As much as it pains me to say it as a [...]