Personal Democracy Forum 2008
Session: A New Activist System? The Changing Role of the Net-roots and the Right-roots
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| Speakers: |
Jane Hamsher Patrick Ruffini |
| Date: | Monday, June 23, 2008 11:40 AM - 12:20 PM |
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| Location: | Rose Theater |
Notes
- Salim Ismailsalim on A New Activist System? The Changing Role of the Net-roots and the Right-roots: I'm a little lost in this session - very deep in the political stuff... i'm out of my depth - interesting nonetheless
- Mr. Sanford Dickert
on A New Activist System? The Changing Role of the Net-roots and the Right-roots:
Jane Hamsher, firedoglake.com
Grew from the Scooter Libby event - learned to ride the wave and how to build a community on the anger against GeorgeW.
Video from an angry Clinton supporter which became the most watched/discussed. After 1.5M views, the MSM finally decided to show the video.
The world o ... - Ms, Kathy Gill
on A New Activist System? The Changing Role of the Net-roots and the Right-roots:
new kind of political activism
'net roots' v 'right roots'
jane hamsher - firedog lake - nov/dec 2004
valerie plame case - at a time where you could build a community based on opposition to gwb.
harriet - video of angry clinto supporter
ranting in front of a bank of network cameras
networks never co ... - Robin Barrett
on A New Activist System? The Changing Role of the Net-roots and the Right-roots:
firedoglake.com
came to prominence during mid 2005 during Scooter Libby trial. They specialized in the Valerie Plame trial.
Came to fruition when opposition to George Bush got one attention.
She video'd footage of an angry Clinton supporter, and it was shown 1.5 million times on Youtube, and she got ... - Mr. John Breyault
on A New Activist System? The Changing Role of the Net-roots and the Right-roots:
Micah Sifry intro's Hamsher as an example of how the myth that there's a blogger "A-List" is debunked by Hamsher's rise
-Jane Hamsher - firedoglake.com-
Got started around Scooter Libby trial
Notes the meme she started w/video of Harriet Christian kvetching @ the DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee mtg ... - David GalielDavid_Galiel
on A New Activist System? The Changing Role of the Net-roots and the Right-roots:
Jane: Average liberal blog reader 40-60 yrs old, high avg income, white, skews male. Actual bloggers are more diverse, but readership is currently not. Blue America is extending their message into traditional media - newspaper ads, flyers, etc.
(Question from me - how do we work to expand and diversi ... - Mr Paul Downey on A New Activist System? The Changing Role of the Net-roots and the Right-roots: Hillary Clinton launching her campaign online first is surely beyond comment? Barak Obama is in effect a community manager Barak Obama has 1,000,000 million Facebook friends round of applause Facebook supporters isn't an indicator of all supporters, Jon McCain may have more, real, supporters parti ...
- Mark PearsonMark_Pearson_1
on A New Activist System? The Changing Role of the Net-roots and the Right-roots:
Bottom LIne - Listen to the community www.firedoglake.com
Time is of the essence and quality is not as important as the truth. (CIP - Flipfone video, top viewed on youtube)
Blogs can channel the energy to more useful places.
- Mr. Jordan Raynor on A New Activist System? The Changing Role of the Net-roots and the Right-roots: Jane Hamsher - Jane Hamsher is the founder of the highly-popular blog, firedoglake.com. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, Alternet and The American Prospect. She's the author of the best selling book “Killer Instinct” and has produced such films as “Natural Born Killers” and ...
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