Interesting

Freedomfighter — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:52:38 -0500

Sounds like an interesting conference. However, I still think in some ways, the hype of the social networks may overstate certain aspects the voting public. Shut-ins are going to have more time to place something on the internet. At the same time, conservatives still orbit around ideas. The real neat thing is how conservative radio is changing. Both Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh can be heard over the internet through subscription.

The internet does play a role but it may also be why people lose their steam on issues or become more solidified in irrational responses. Outside the internet, do they really act that way?

Karl Rove: Not Citizen 2.0

Michael Bassik — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:09:46 -0500

Karl Rove and Max Cleland spoke to over 100 online political consultants today in Washington, DC during Yahoo's The Rise of Citizen 2.0 event. Yahoo's Citizen 2.0 is not much unlike IPDI's Poli-fulentials , Roper's Influentials, or -- as Cleland noted -- the "attentive elites."

They're news-hungry voters with a heightened sense of civic responsibility and a penchant for online discourse. They’re involved in their communities and are the people "who get my friends to pitch in." They're more likely than others to agree with phrases such as "knowing what is going on politically is the responsibility of every citizen" and "the Internet empowers groups of people to get together and act."

For most of us in the audience, the presentation was an elaborately-delivered (think Tom Cruise as Frank T.J. Mackey in Magnolia) compilation of overused Pew research points and carefully-selected stock photos.

Clearly, we are not the intended audience. Those who would find this presentation helpful are those who still think internet users are 12-year-old kids in their mother's basement posting visceral blog comments in virtual echo chambers. In other words, Karl Rove and Max Cleland.

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Karl Rove: Not Citizen 2.0