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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456757503321

Titolo

Communicator-in-chief [[electronic resource] ] : how Barack Obama used new media technology to win the white house / / edited by John Allen Hendricks and Robert E. Denton, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2010

ISBN

1-282-47920-2

9786612479205

0-7391-4107-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

Lexington studies in political communication

Altri autori (Persone)

HendricksJohn Allen

DentonRobert E., Jr.

Disciplina

324.973/0931

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Election - 2008

Political campaigns - United States

Communication in politics - United States

Mass media - Political aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Communicator-in-Chief; Contents; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 01: Political Campaigns and Communicating with the Electorate in the Twenty-First Century; Chapter 02: Gadgets, Gismos, and the Web 2.0 Election; Chapter 03: "RT @BarackObama We just made history": Twitter and the 2008 Presidential Election; Chapter 04: Who Wants to Be My Friend? Obama, Youth, and Social Networks in the 2008 Campaign; Chapter 05: My Fellow Blogging Americans: Weblogs and the Race for the White House; Chapter 06: Obama and Obama Girl: YouTube, Viral Videos, and the 2008 Presidential Campaign

Chapter 07: E-mail and Electoral Fortunes: Obama's Campaign Internet InsurgencyChapter 08: Game ON: Video Games and Obama's Race to the White House; Chapter 09: Political Campaigns in the Twenty-First Century: Implications of New Media Technology; Bibliography; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Communicator-in-Chief examines the role of new media technologies



such as e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, blogs, video games, texting and the Internet in the historic 2008 presidential campaign. Politicians of the twenty-first century will use the Obama campaign's new media technology strategy to not only communicate with the electorate, but also raise money and motivate voters to go to the polling places on election day.