Politics - Online Social Media

PM Kevin Rudd is a winner, declares Twitter

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Kevin Rudd is a winner, at least according to social networking group Twitter. In the run-up to the federal election in Australia it was time for the first debate and it resulted in the people leaping onto their computers to express their support for Rudd, via Twitter. … [Read more...]

What about digital electioneering? Twitter and the Cash Gordon story

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It seems the digital election has really taken off now after news that the ‘Cash Gordon’ Twitter was hacked into and re-directed to Labour UK. However it now seems that some of the hacking went a little too far, or not depending on your viewpoint, when some of the website’s visitors were … [Read more...]