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Why Klout really matters: Money, money, money
Social media are a great source of information on consumer sentiment, but the next wave of analytics in social media will be influence. It's easy to ridicule your friends and co-workers who are...
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The government doesn’t want to mess up on big data
The federal government talked a lot about grand scientific visions when it unveiled its big data agenda last week, but the government has consumers on its mind, too. Specifically, it doesn't want to...
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How Twitter lets politicians route around the media
One of the most disruptive aspects of social media is that it allows newsmakers such as politicians to reach an audience directly, instead of going through traditional channels. This is changing the...
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Republicans love Diet Dr. Pepper. Now tell me why.
The Atlantic recently published an article on what politicans know about voters, complete with market research data that breaks down consumer preferences by poltical party and likely turnout on voting...
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Apple’s low-key lobbying efforts no surprise
Politico has a great post Wednesday that details how folks in Washington are astonished Apple isn't blanketing Capitol Hill with lobbyists and money. It goes against standard procedure in our nation's...
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Social media doesn’t speed up the news cycle — it kills it
With each passing elections season, we're seeing more how social media is changing the political news coverage business. It's not just sped up the news cycle, but it's helped kill it, said Josh...
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Video: How does politics change in the age of the real-time social web?
How have blogs and Twitter and other forms of social media changed the nature of the political process and the media reporting of that process? At paidContent 2012, I talked with Josh Marshall of...
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New York Times and BuzzFeed team up for OMG! moments at 2012 conventions
What do you get when you mix the New York Times with a site best known for viral cat videos? We'll soon find out as the Grey Lady announced today that it will be working with BuzzFeed to provide video...
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Why I won’t be using Menshn, and you shouldn’t either
UK politician Louise Mensch has got a ton of publicity for her new startup, Menshn -- a Twitter-like messaging service that has pre-determined topics for people to talk about. But here's the thing:...
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Startup PoliticIt is using big data to level the political playing field
PoliticIt is a Logan, Utah-based startup that uses machine learning to gauge the popularity of political candidates by measuring their digital influence. Its system has proven remarkably accurate in...
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SCOTUSblog: After a decade, an overnight sensation
Amy Howe used to think 3,000 live blog participants was a lot. Thursday, more than 500,000 users tuned into SCOTUSblog to find out how the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on health care and what it meant....
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Why data should be our guiding light on public policy
There's so much data available and such powerful tools for analyzing it that the world might be a lot better off if politicians listened to the data first, rather than their parties or constituents....
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Where the Tea Party is right, and wrong, about tech policy
Tea Party favorite Senator Rand Paul took to the podium at a Heritage Foundation event last week to talk about tech policy. However, individual rights and less government regulation certainly are...
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Is Twitter good or bad for political journalism?
The rise of social media tools such as blogs and Twitter have changed the political landscape, in part by speeding up the news cycle and broadening the range of sources that are available. But are...
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Fact-checking politics: Why we need “open journalism” more than ever
There has been a rush of fact-checking of recent comments made by Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan, but does this mean the traditional media's obsession with objectivity and the "view...
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Why can’t we just admit that journalists are human?
Yahoo fired its former Washington bureau chief on Wednesday for a joking comment he made during a video broadcast from the Republican convention. Isn't it about time we admitted that journalists have...
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Where to watch the Democratic National Convention live online
This week's Democratic National Convention will be live streamed by a number of broadcasters, print publishers and political websites. There will be live fact checking, live video for iPads, a live hat...
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Could we use open-source tools to improve politics?
Open-source principles have helped create a host of useful software, including the Linux operating system and the crowd-powered resource that is Wikipedia -- but could the same approach be used to open...
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Where to watch the first 2012 presidential debate live online
Are you away from your TV when Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are going to face off during their first presidential debate this Wednesday? No worries, plenty of sites are providing live streams, combined...
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Why the trick to analyzing Twitter data is more data
Although Twitter is pushing itself as a platform to gauge public opinion around popular events -- including the upcoming presidential election -- not everyone is buying the hype. Stats about sentiment...
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