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Anyone know of any big stories happening today?
There's got to be something. Maybe an election somewhere?
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Twitter bans voting misinformation
Twitter explicitly bans voter suppression tactics on its service.
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The social media election that wasn't
Dr Bart Cammaerts of the LSE [http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/2015/05/12/did-britains-right-wing-newspapers-win-the-election-for-the-tories-spoiler-alert-probably-not-guest-blog/] : > What is clear, however, is that social media have had no or very little impact at all. The hashtag #Milifans and the nearly 10 million followers of comedian Russell Brand did not make
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Presidential social media
Something I wrote about the uses of social media in modern political campaigning [http://countries.gemalto.com/usa/election.php] a few months back.
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Saturday morning coffee reading - 25th August 2012
Five things that are worth reading over your morning coffeeā¦ * The shop window is the only place to be in the digital high street [http://whatsheonaboutnow.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-shop-window-is-only-place-to-be-in.html] ā a nice summation of the problems with Appleās Newsstand, based on David Hepworthās experience with
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Was This An Online Election?
So, how has the online media done on this election? The BBC has reported unprecedented levels of traffic to its site this morning, but Paul Bradshaw has a good post up, suggesting that thereās a degree ofhomogenisationĀ amongst the online news outlets [http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/05/07/uk-general-election-2010-online-journalism-is-ordinary/
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What RBI's Business Bloggers are saying about the General Election
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Generally Electing
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/assets_c/2010/05/4583934532_fa10d1630a_b-1638.html] Like so many others, I stopped off to vote on the way in to work this morning. I had threeĀ separateĀ ballot papers: for the national government, for the local council and for the local mayor.I was
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On Political Tribalism
Stephen Fry just articulatedĀ withastonishing clarity and wit [http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/05/04/how-i-will-vote/] exactly what I was trying to say last week [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2010/04/an_electoral_retreat_from_twitter.html] . Choice quotes:> For a Labour voter to hate a Tory voter
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Electoral Fraud and Violence Against Journalists
Iām surprised by how little reaction to this story has cropped up amongst the social spaces I inhabit online: > I didnāt, but I explained I was a journalist for [The Independent](http://www.independent.co.uk/ "The Independent") looking to speak to a man at
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UKiP, Community Care and Blog Comments
Ah, the social media world is full of chit-chat after the felling of a LabourĀ parliamentaryĀ candidate [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7571078/General-Election-2010-Labour-candidate-sacked-over-Twitter-rants.html] by his ownĀ brazenĀ stupidity and contempt for the electorate Twitter. But, here in sunny Sutton, weāve been having a bit of
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Telegraph Launches Debate2010 Community Discussion Site
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/03/debate2010.png] Iām at the Telegraphās Victoria offices, at the launch of [Debate2010](http://debate2010.telegraph.co.uk/), their new community initiative around the oncoming general election.Itās a platform for having what looks like a