Ever since campaigns appeared to master the art of directly engaging volunteers and voters through new media channels and platforms, a question has loomed over the future of political use of these media: What happens after the candidates are elected? Barack Obama implicitly promised to bring youth and tech savvy to governance, and “Government 2.0” has [...]
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I thought that for the follow-up post to my presentation I’d write about one of the (pretty funny) recent uses of the Ushahidi platform. In the aftermath of the monster snowstorm(s) in Washington, D.C. a few weeks ago, the Washington Post created a website called www.snowmageddoncleanup.com.
The site, which has reports from [...] |
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