The Internet and The 2008 Presidential Election
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Web 2.0 Comes of Age Pamela K. Kemp IT 780 The University of Southern Mississippi
Transcript of The Internet and The 2008 Presidential Election
Web 2.0 Comes of AgePamela K. Kemp
IT 780
The University of Southern Mississippi
66% of internet users under 30 have a social networking profile. Half used social networking sites to exchange or acquire Information about the candidates and the campaigns.
(Family photo- KH-NM, 2009)
Family Photo: KH/NM, 2009
Young voters tended to gravitate toward the Democratic party.
Online Democrats outpaced Republicans in their consumption of online video 51% to 42%.
36% of Democrats have social networking site profiles in contrast to 21% of Republicans and 28% of Independents
(Source Pew Internet and American Life Project)
Obama’s “guns or religion or antipathy” remark at a fundraiser
The Reverend Jeremiah Wright
Preacher John Hagee (A backer of Republican, John McCain)
Hillary Clinton and the ‘sniper’ fire in Bosnia
Bloggers
Politico.com
FactCheck.org
Family Photo: KH/NM, 2009
Images were obtained via Yahoo Images – Flickr - and filtered for Creative Commons Images.
Slide 2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alykat/13556261/
Slide 3: Newspapers – http://www.flickr.com/photos/chucka_nc/4213321361/
Magazine Display - http://www.flickr.com/photos/slavin_fpo/3327526646/
Social Networking: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandymaarten/503716476/
Web 2.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocCOeanflynn/315385916/
Content Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project - 2008 Election
http://www.pewinternet.org/
