Generation O

Presidential Election Delivers on Promise of New Generation of Voters

"Government under Mr. Obama, they believe would value personal disclosure and transparency in the mode of social-networking sites. Teamwork would be in fashion, along with a strict meritocracy."

"The point is that that communication technology is the tool that makes all things possible, from hook-ups and pop songs to protests or the president of their choice."

"There's a lot of attention deficit with this generation. You have to keep people engage and active because its a highly technical society and there are lots of ways to distract our minds."

Change.gov

In an effort to keep the internet momentum going....change.gov

"Share your story and your idea and be part of bringing positive lasting change to this country."

Obama and Hip-Hop Politics

Live Blog 11/6/08

12:03 - continue conversation on Juicy campus? small groups? i dont know about you but it feels like we've had the conversation a million times about hateful facebook groups, emails etc. I might actually be alone in this though.

12:07 - in our little groups. it says a lot about out campus, especially b/c we're so small...everyone knows everyone else's business.

12:16 - not serious enough to have any authority step in. Just a site for "juicy" gossip.

12:28 - too ridiculous, nobody cares

12:31 - consensuses:
- low impact, individual choice, damage already done --> no response necessary.

- the majority of these people are those who want to be talked about, bring it on yourself (a lot of the time), largely for men, shouldnt have HWS input until there are actual threats --) no response

- dont legitimize it, the more you talk about it the bigger it gets.

- seriously guys, i dont care about this....we really need to move on

12:47 - technology in the election--> the hologram on CNN. make the election an interactive spectacle.

12:54 - Obama won b/c of his use of election. emails, social networking, texting, prizes, spurring supporters to take innitiative (bottom up). constant connection and updates.

12:59 - intensity of engagement + feeling of involvement = ?? "in new media you have to believe that it matters."

1:02 - did we help make history? did our generation acutally change anything? did we change the election?

1:11 - sarah palin and tina fey...decreased her credibilty (wait, did she have any to begin w/ ?)

1:18 - bottom up adivertising, "citizen journalism", obama's campaign really utilitzed this

1:19 - metaphor... conceptualize the multiple kinds of media we've seen in the campaigns

Obama Shows Bigger Lead in Polls That Include Cell Phones

Obama Shows Bigger Lead in Polls That Include Cell Phones

Les Obama-McCain Miserables

Machines Set to Count Votes Nationwide Flunk Last-Minute Accuracy Tests

ES&S Voting Machines in Michigan Flunk Tests, Don't Tally Votes Consistently

"The same ballots, run through the same machines, yielded different results each time ... This begs the question -- on Election Day, will the record number of ballots going through the remaining tabulators leave even more build-up on the sensors, affecting machines that tested just fine initially? Could this additional build-up on voting tabulators that have not had any preventative maintain skew vote totals? My understanding is that the problem could occur and election workers would have no inkling that the ballots are being misread."

Uh oh. I foresee the possibility for a 2000 Election 2.0.