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Socializing the Presidency: Digital Politics 2012

Event Interactive 2012
Format Panel
Organizer Carrie Johnson – PBS
Speakers
  1. Maria Teresa Kumar – Voto Latino
  2. Craig Newmark – Craigslist
  3. Heather Smith – Rock the Vote
  4. Hari Sreenivasan – PBS NewsHour
Description What are the trends in social and digital media that will help shape the 2012 presidential election? What can we learn from grassroots election efforts like Rock the Vote, now in its 20th year, contrasted with the very short history and transformational social media tactics used in recent presidential politics? Is it a natural evolution of activism, is it disruptive? If so - how? Join PBS NewsHour moderator Hari Sreenivasan and panelists Maria Teresa Kumar (founding executive director, Voto Latino); Craig Newmark (founder craigslist and craigconnects); Heather Smith (president, Rock the Vote); and others to be announced, for a wide-ranging, idea-generating, big-picture discussion of trends past, present and future on how the presidential election may be shaped and transformed by social media – from Twitter to Facebook to mobile to geo-location and beyond.
Questions
Answered
  1. How are social and digital media transforming current presidential election politics?
  2. How do current digital trends compare with grassroots politics of the past?
  3. How are campaigns allocating resources in terms of social vs. traditional media?
  4. Do social tools exacerbate polarization or help find common ground and solutions?
  5. Are social and digital media helping us achieve a better democracy?
Level Intermediate
Category Social Media / Social Networks
Tags elections, news, social media
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