This makes it very hard to determine the impact of digital media on the outcome of an election -- something that I discovered during my coverage of UKElection2010: Lessons Learned from Watching First Social Media Battle of Britain.
Mark Hanson, Labour's new media strategist and former associate editor of LabourHome.org, wangled me an invitation to a formal review of how digital media innovations had changed UKElection2010. The social media mavens closest to ElectionUK2010...
I started my coverage of UKElection2010 by quoting part of Winston Churchill's famous speech, "We shall fight them on the beaches. The "air campaign" in UKElection2010 was fought during the three leaders' debates, each in primetime.
The Guardian.co.uk is providing live coverage of the latest exit polls and election results from across the UK with Andrew Sparrow. General Election2010: five possible result scenarios for the Conservatives (telegraph.co.uk)
UKElection2010: Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats Win the Facebook ElectionUKElection2010: Betting on the Outcome UKElection2010: The Dog That Didn't Bark More Election Coverage We also provided visible content, enabling users to quickly...
According to Benjamin Cohen of Channel 4 in the UK, "Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats win the Facebook election. So, if tomorrow's UKElection2010 results in a hung parliament, we may see the learning curve compressed in Britain's second...
On April 22, David Worsfold of the Parliamentary Connections blog was one of the first to ask, Is #nickcleggsfault the UK General Election's Twitter moment? And I predicted that UKElection2010 "will be fought on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and...
With less than a week to go, some commentators on the UKElection2010 are asking, "This was meant to be the internet election. Well, here's my take on how small actions in the UKElection in 2010 have resulted in large consequences.
For example, ChuckE, Woking, Surrey, asked, "78% of the voting population didn't vote for the government in the 2005 election, yet the government won a majority of seats and a "mandate" to govern. Here is David Cameron's answer:
Later today, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg will participate in the YouTube Facebook Digital Debate, adding a new social media dimension the UKelection in 2010. General Election2010: first 'digital debate' on Facebook and YouTube...
The top term in this week's UKelection2010 seems to be "hung Parliament. According to the general election2010: poll of polls in guardian.co.uk, Conservatives lead with 34.8 percent, up a tick from a week ago.
Search Engine Watch isn't the only Incisive Media website and blog paying close attention to the UK General Election. Read Paul Allen's Twitter users defend Clegg following media attacks and Worsfold's "Is #nickcleggsfault the UK General Election's...
Liberal Democrats Use Serious and Funny Videos in UK General Election With two more TV debates to come, the result of the general election is wide open -- as is the shape of the British political system given that the Liberal Democrats and their...
Yesterday, the guardian.co.uk general election2010: poll of polls showed the Conservatives with 34 percent (down more than 5 points from the previous Sunday), Labour with over 28 percent (down less than 3 points from the previous Sunday), and the...
So, yes, offline media will have an impact on the outcome of the UK general election as well as online media. Yesterday, the leaders of the three largest British parties borrowed an American political tradition by taking part in the UK's first live...
General election2010: David Cameron issues call to arms (telegraph.co.uk) One of the more popular videos in the UK general election on webcameronuk's channel is entitled "An invitation to join the government of Britain.
If you look at the most viewed YouTube videos in the News & Politics category for the past week, the #1 video with 72,628 views is "David Cameron rallies staff and supporters as Election2010 is announced.