My latest piece for PBS MediaShift explores a new movement in technology and how smart phone apps have the potential to change how campaigns are run, how governments can make data accessible and how democratic initiatives can be pursued. Click on the picture to read the article or click here. Let me know what you think in the comments section. I look forward to hearing from you.
Smart Phone Apps, Open Government and a Technology Revolution For Elections, Transparency
1 03 2010Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Apps, campaigns, democracy, elections, iPhone, Smart Phones, transparency
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Bloggers Picking Up Watchdog Slack?
26 01 2010In my latest piece for PBS MediaShift, I investigated how citizen journalists are fairing in the new media era. What are the challenges local bloggers face covering city hall or the school board? Are tools like Twitter and Facebook helpful (or even being used) for citizen powered reporting?
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Tags: Blogging, Citizen Journalism, Local Government, Watchdog
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Getting Noticed in a Year End List
8 01 2010Check out this list compiled by Mark Glaser at PBS MediaShift. Apparently my post on young political candiates watching out for their online footprint has received a number of visits pushing it into Glaser’s year end top post list. It’s a good list and indicative of an interesting year in the new media era.
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Tags: Facebook, Mark Glaser, MediaShift, online, political candidates
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Simple Blogging Platforms and Government Transparency
14 12 2009My latest feature for PBS MediaShift went live today. The piece examines the popular simple blogging platforms Posterous and Tumblr and asks whether these relatively new technologies could foster government transparency.
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Tags: Posterous, Tumblr, Government Transparency, Simple blogging, Mark Drapeau, David Moore, Clay Johnson, Jennifer Van Grove
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Running for Office? Watch out for your Online Footprint
19 11 2009My latest piece for PBS MediaShift examines a new generation of people in politics who have largely gone through college online. I profile several young political candidates with long tails on social networking sites and how it helped them in other cases and not in others.
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Tags: Audra Shay, Claire Viall, College Republican National Committee, Congress, Emanuel Pleitez, Facebook, Hilda Solis, Jason Overman, Tommy Jardon, twitter, UC Berkley, Young Republicans
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Bypassing the Mainstream Media
2 11 2009by Steven Davy
In my latest piece for PBS MediaShift I explore the question: With social media technologies like Facebook and Twitter providing politicians with direct access to constituents, is the mainstream media now irrelevant?
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Tags: Alexandra Samuel, Facebook, Jake Wagman, Jeremy Hanson, Mayor Francis Slay, PoliticalShift, Tony Messenger, twitter
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Local Politics and the New Media Paradigm
1 10 2009
by Steven Davy
Click on the image for my lastest piece at PBS MediaShift. The story explores the evolving use of social media technologies on the local political level in the wake of the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
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Tags: Boulder, Facebook, KC Becker, Lansing, Mayor Scott Slifka, Mayor Scott Smith, Mayor Virg Bernero, Mayor Walter Maddox, Mesa, Social Media, Tuscaloosa, twitter, West Hartford, YouTube
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Living in a Post-Cable News World: On-Demand News and its Possible Impact
8 09 2009
Click on the image above for my most recent piece on PBS MediaShift. The article examines a recent study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project that conducted a survey on Internet use during the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign. Additionally I interview Todd Mundt of Louisville Public Media to discuss his ongoing experiment living without traditional cable television and how that has impacted his news consumption habits.
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Tags: 2008 Presidential Election, Aaron Smith, Cable News, Louisville Public Media, Pew Internet and American Life Project, Todd Mundt
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MediaShift: The State and Defense Department’s Look to Social Media
15 08 2009
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Tags: Alec Ross, Defense Department, Price Floyd, Social Media, State Department
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