40-2   Theme Panel: Web 2.0 and Social Media in the 2008 Elections and Beyond

Date: Friday, Sep 4, 4:15 PM

Location subject to change. Check the Final Program issued upon arrival at the conference for updates and actual room numbers. Co-sponsored by T-18

Chair: Antoinette Pole
Montclair State University,

Author(s): Examining the Impact of Web 2.0 and Social Media on Political Participation and Civic Engagement in the 2008 Obama Campaign

Derrick L. Cogburn American University,   Fatima K. Espinoza Vasquez   Syracuse University,


Identity and Group Politics in the 2008 Presidential Candidate Websites

Kimberly A. Mealy APSA,


Cyberactivism in the Pre- and Post-Election Period of the Obama Administration

Jongwoo Han Syracuse University,   Ines A. Mergel   Syracuse University,


What if you had a choice?

George Robert Boynton University of Iowa,


I Hear America Texting and Other Themes for a Virtual Polis: Rethinking Democracy in the Global InfoTech Age

Renee Marlin-Bennett Johns Hopkins University,

Discussant(s): Kenneth S. Rogerson
Duke University,