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Denver Gets a Creative Splatter
There’s been some chatter about the lack of protests at the Democratic Convention (though, as I write this Biden is going on and on about an "open convention"). While there may not be a tremendous number of people waving signs, there is a lot of street art in Denver right now focused on the DNC and Obama. A lot, but not all, of this art seems like an off shoot of the Manifest Hope show.
Category: The Gnovis Blog
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Eulogizing Theory
How does one produce truth? This summer I have put the finishing touches on a chapter about anonymity, identity and craigslist Missed Connections. I have now spent about a year studying how people use and abuse this potentially unintended social space (you can see the beginning of this journey here on gnovis), and (if I do say so myself) have some good ideas. In just a matter of days I will have completed my grand theory. But it’s just a theory, and according to Chris Anderson’s recent Wired article, despite my supporting data, it’s just as passe.
Category: The Gnovis Blog
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Research Spotlight: Focus on Hyperpolitics
This episode of the gnovis podcast coincides with the launch of our Summer 2008 Special Issue: "New Media, Technology & Democracy" In this interview, conducted August 13, 2008, Jacqueline Klingebiel d
Category: Podcast
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Coming Down the Stretch: An Analysis of the use of Sports References in Political Dialogues and its Effectiveness
Abstract: Did a candidate just “hit a home run?” Which candidate is running as “the underdog?” Is someone “moving the goalposts?” In today’s media landscape, the use of sports references to descri
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Meet the Candidates: Politicians’ Strategies of Self-Presentation in Online Formats
Abstract: The 2008 presidential campaign has featured widespread use of new media technologies by all major candidates, who struggle to tailor their messages for an ever-changing variety of platforms
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Research Spotlight: Focus on Hyperpolitics
Abstract: This article is a partial transcript of an interview with Jacqueline Klingebiel, conducted August 13, 2008. Klingebiel recently completed her M.A. thesis, “Hyperpolitics: Bringing the Publi
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Creating Community Through the Arts: Cultural Engagement, Democracy, and the Role of Civil Society
Abstract: Cultural participation is seen, and has been shown to be, something of a proxy measurement for civic engagement. Participation in the arts reinforces aspects of social cohesion and the bui
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Facebook and Youth Mobilization in The 2008 Presidential Election
Abstract: Unlike generations of the past, today’s youth build relationships in communities that transcend cultural, temporal and geographical boundaries and membership in these communities provides f
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Engagement 2.0? How the New Digital Media Can Invigorate Civic Engagement
Abstract: I explore the relationship between civic engagement and democratic practice. I suggest that the traditional model of civic engagement does not capture the distinctive engagement of many youn
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Summer 2008 Editor's Note
Less than a month from today, following the national conventions and selection of vice-presidential candidates, the 2008 US Presidential Election will finally enter its concluding stage – a two-month political & media extravaganza that will exceed any election spectacle we’ve seen before….