Social media tools have ‘become a regular part’ of the political landscape, according to a recent report by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. In the months leading up to the November 2010 elections, 21% of online adults used social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace to connect to a campaign or the election [...] Read →
Jonah Seiger, founder and managing partner of Connections Media, worked on the election campaigns for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in both 2005 and 2009, including oversight of the campaign’s entire digital media program for the most recent election. Seiger spoke at a Social Media Week 2010 panel titled Bloomberg for Mayor 2009 Web & Social Media Summary, [...] Read →
What they did. What Google did, telling China where to get off, marks a geopolitical epoch: I can’t think of another example of a commercial entity risking it’s commercial interests to stand against tyranny. Read →