Politics and Technology Review (2008)

This semi-annual report maps the landscape of technology in politics. In this issue, David Faris looks the way citizens used social networking sites and mobile phones to spread political rumors in Egypt. James Valentine questions whether the wisdom of crowds can produce creative thought. Lowell Feld analyzes the online Draft Jim Webb movement in 2006. In the research section, Dave Karpf measures influence in the political blogosphere, while Christine Williams and Girish Gulati look at the political impact of Facebook on the 2006 elections and the 2008 presidential race.

You'll find this and more in the March 2008 edition of IPDI’s semi-annual online journal of research, commentary, and analysis on technology and politics.