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Monthly Archives: October 2006
Garth Turner Gets It
After reading this article in the Halifax’s Chronicle Herald, I’m pretty certain Garth Turner knows what’s going on. The Independent MP in the Halton region of Ontario is changing the way Canadians do politics. His interactive website and blog are making it easy for constituents to get in touch with him and discuss his [...]
Google Bombing
The latest tactical move by left wing bloggers in the US election campaign is called ‘Google Bombing‘.
The campaign, outlined by Chris Bowers of MyDD last week, aims to utilize ‘Google Adwords and simultaneous, widespread embedded hyperlinks in order to drive as many voters as possible toward the most damning, non-partisan article written on the Republican [...]
The State (Province?) of Canadian Blogging
As our first guest writer, Olaf from The Prairie Wrangler blog writes about political blogging in Canada…
“I would describe Canadian political blogging as a massive ocean, fully saturated with fish and containing three clearly discernable whirlpools. Now, I’m not much of a poet, as you will soon find out, so try to bear with [...]
Weblogs in Political Campaigns – The Critical Success Factors
I found this paper on weblogs role in political campaigns by some help from a Norwegian based blogger today. Haven’t had time to read it yet, but I will. The paper was presented at BlogTalkReloaded in Vienna, Austria this month and aims to estimate the potential of weblogs as a campaigning instrument.
According to the [...]
Blogs growing by the second
Steve Johnson said in yesterday’s Chicago Tribune that blogs are about to become “mainstream”. Recent numbers from the Pew Institute show that only 8 percent (12 million American adults) of U.S. Internet users operate a blog and a significantly higher number aren’t entirely sure what the term “web blog” means.
However, we are (according to David [...]
Can Outside get on the inside of politics?
Today’s boingboing has a link to a fabulous concept site, Outside.in. I feel that by saying this is a location-based information-collector (based on certain neighbourhoods) I am not giving them enough credit. Take a look at their site for yourself and see what a great concept they have come up with. Afterwards, think about how [...]
How ICT technologies can enhance visability for community campaigns
The Hansard Society recently released a report looking at how new information and communications technologies can provide a stronger voice for marginalised groups and communities. The report looks at how the ICT technologies can make the democratic system function more effectively and how the role and effect of blogs can help community based campaigns receive [...]
Hometown Hero
From the home of the Calgary Flames comes a blog that reminds us once again that it is not the politicians or marketing machines who rule the blogwaves, but rather the do-it-yourselfers. CalgaryGrit’s political analysis is amateur in the best sense of the word. It shows the ability of blogs to showcase an opinion [...]
Virtual Politics
Speaking of fickle trends, someone recently pointed out an article about how the virtual worlds in online roleplaying games are reaping real world profits for some of their slightly more shrewd players. Even recording artists are holding concerts here, and fashion designers are selling virtual versions of their garments. Now, as politicians begin to embrace [...]
Astroturfing: Dark Art of Politics Turned Scourge of the Blogosphere