According to the average American, this one’s a no-brainer. In a poll of 1,203 American adults, Zogby International and 463 Communications reported that 83% of those surveyed believe that a typical 12-year old knows more about Internet than members of Congress.
Do I even need to remind anyone that The Internet is a Series of Tubes??...
Continue ReadingPew Internet Life released a fascinating study a few days back (PDF) that looked at voter contacts during the 2006 election. Below is a table summarizing the key findings:
Two things jump out at me here:
(1) 56% of folks surveyed received recorded calls urging them to vote,...
Continue ReadingI got the following email from Frank Chi, a college senior and the communications director for a new organization called Students for Barack Obama.
“Hi Todd, my name is Frank Chi and I am a college senior and communications director for a newly formed national grassroots campaign, Students for Barack Obama,...
Continue ReadingThe 2006 cycle is in the rearview mirror and the 2008 Presidential campaign is already ramping up. Given that, I figured I’d take a quick look at the contenders and speculate as to how aggressively they will use the Internet in their campaigns. We’ll start with the Democrats (I’m working from this list)....
Continue ReadingThe New York Times reports today on a new study from the University of Chicago on the political bias of newspapers. The study found that newspapers are indeed politically biased, but that the slant reflects the feelings of the paper’s subscriber base. Here’s the key quote from the Times’ piece:
The authors calculated the ideal partisan slant for each paper,...
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