(Full Disclosure: I am an active volunteer in the Dean Campaign) To get a more complete perspective on what is going on in the Dean Campaign and its use of the Internet, take a look at http://blog.deanforamerica.com It is the official campaign blog. To me, it was interesting to watch the level of excitement and the small efforts at developing community that took place in the comments on the blog. The campaign is very focused on the use of the Internet, stressing its use of Meetup.com to promote self organization of close to 50,000 volunteers, the use of upoc.com for SMS messaging, the use of the campaign blog, which with their internet staff is portrayed as part of the backbone of the organization. A while ago, they moved from blogger to MovableType and this was listed as an important event, yet even with the move to a newer server, they ran out of capacity yesterday as people commented on the blog, talking about their contributions to the campaign. The campaign raised approximate $800,000 online yesterday, falling short of McCain's record of $1 million online in one day after the New Hampshire primary of 2000. Many of the political blogs are talking about what has gone on with this, and the old media is picking up the story. Personally, I would love to hear any comments or insights about the Dean's campaign on the Internet from people who have spent more time studying Democracy and Culture. Aldon --- Joan Korenman <korenman@umbc.edu> wrote:
There has been a good deal of attention lately to how Howard Dean, one of the less-well-known contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination, has successfully used the Internet both to become better known and to raise money. Just this morning, a front-page article in the Washington Post focused on Dean's fundraising success:
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54865-2003Jun30.html?
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Joan Korenman, Director Center for Women and Information Technology University of Maryland, Baltimore County Baltimore, MD 21250 USA korenman@umbc.edu http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/
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