40-2-2009
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, tonipole@gmail.com
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, dcogburn@american.edu Fatima K. Espinoza Vasquez Syracuse University, fatima.espinoza@gmail.com
Identity and Group Politics in the 2008 Presidential Candidate Websites
Kimberly A. Mealy APSA, kmealy@apsanet.org
Cyberactivism in the Pre- and Post-Election Period of the Obama Administration
Jongwoo Han Syracuse University, jonghan@maxwell.syr.edu Ines A. Mergel Syracuse University, iamergel@maxwell.syr.edu
What if you had a choice?
George Robert Boynton University of Iowa, bob-boynton@uiowa.edu
I Hear America Texting and Other Themes for a Virtual Polis: Rethinking Democracy in the Global InfoTech Age
Renee Marlin-Bennett Johns Hopkins University, marlin@jhu.edu
Discussant(s): Kenneth S. Rogerson
Duke University, rogerson@duke.edu