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Michael Cornfield, Consultant

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Research areas: campaigns for elective office, political advocacy/grassroots campaigns, political journalism, Congress, citizenship/civic life, voting/elections Michael Cornfield, a political scientist, studies campaign politics, the public discourse, and the Internet. He is the author of two books on the subject: Politics Moves Online: Campaigning and the Internet (The Century Foundation, 2004) and The Civic Web: Online Politics and Democratic Values, co-edited with David M. Anderson (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003). Cornfield writes a monthly column for Campaigns and Elections magazine, the leading trade publication for professional politicians. He is interviewed frequently about online politics by the press, and has lectured on the subject at colleges, universities, and professional conventions throughout the world. Cornfield is an Adjunct Professor at The Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM) of The George Washington University, where he has taught the core course o...

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    Prizes for civic activism

    Possibly in an internet first, a political group is offering a big prize -- $100,000 -- for political reform ideas.

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    The debate over regulating the internet

    Comments to the Federal Election Commission show how divided opinion is about bloggers and their role in politics.

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    Buzz, Blogs, and Beyond: the Internet and National Discourse in the Fall of 2004

    Experimental research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project and BuzzMetrics suggests that political bloggers can make an impact on politics, but they often follow the lead of politicians and journalists.

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    Buzz, Blogs, and Beyond

    Experimental research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project and BuzzMetrics suggests that political bloggers can make an impact on politics, but they often follow the lead of politicians and journalists.

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    Eustace Tilley Moves On

    The New Yorker magazine begins to figure out the internet.

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    Meetup Says 'Pony Up'

    Meetup.com, the favorite web business of political sociologists, announced yesterday that it will institute a fee for its community organizing service beginning May 1.

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    A New Public Square? No Fooling.

    The Federal Election Commission opens public comment for sixty days on Monday, April 4 regarding its plan to renovate the online space for national politics. Sound ambitious? It is.

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    Th-Th-Th-That's Appalling, Folks!

    If an advocacy group takes a satirical chainsaw to a powerful target on the internet, will anybody hear it?

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    The Internet and Campaign 2004

    75 million Americans used the internet in the last campaign to get political news and information, discuss candidates and debate issues in emails, or participate directly in the political process by volunteering or giving contributions to candidates....

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37%

The percentage of internet users age 18-24 use Twitter or another service, up from 19% in December 2008.

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