Yes They Can: How the 2012 Presidential Campaigns Are Using Technology

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These are the slides from my March 11, 2012 talk at SXSW, where I looked at how the Obama and Romney campaigns are using the web, and argued that after two elections where the internet was making voters more influential, power was shifting from voters back towards campaigns thanks to sophisticated data-mining and "Facebookification."

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Yes, They Can

What voters have lostAnd what campaigns have gained

Between 2008 and 2012

Micah Sifry -- @mlsifPersonal Democracy Media

SXSW panel on 2012 election

Don’t be fooled by digital candy

My.BarackObama.com ‘08

My.BarackObama.com ‘12

“Facebookization”

Is this a disclaimer?

This app can…

MittRomney.com

How to join MyMitt

This app can, too…

The Internet doesn’t empower anyone. People empower themselves.

One-to-many and many-to-one is easy.

Many-to-many is hard.

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