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 UK Election 2010: 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 UK Election 2010. The social media mavens closest to Election UK 2010...
According to Benjamin Cohen of Channel 4 in the UK, "Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats win the Facebook election. So, if tomorrow's UK Election 2010 results in a hung parliament, we may see the learning curve compressed in Britain's second...
This local online campaigning continues to be mostly neglected by pundits and, whilst it's is more an evolution of existing political campaigning than a whole new approach, it's continuing to steadily change what an election campaign on the ground...
With less than a week to go, some commentators on the UK Election 2010 are asking, "This was meant to be the internet election. Well, here's my take on how small actions in the UK Election in 2010 have resulted in large consequences.
Later today, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg will participate in the YouTube Facebook Digital Debate, adding a new social media dimension the UK election in 2010. General Election 2010: first 'digital debate' on Facebook and YouTube...
Has the UK General Election Just Experienced its First Real 'Twitter Moment'? UK Election 2010: What's So Bad About a Hung Parliament? The usual tone of comment threads on political stories is instinctive and often virulent skepticism of...
This has led many political observers to conclude that the UK Election 2010 will end with a "hung Parliament. The top term in this week's UK election 2010 seems to be "hung Parliament. In other words, it's trench warfare in social media as well as...
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 predecessors have finished third in every general election since the...
Liberal Democrats Use Serious and Funny Videos in UK General Election So, the U.K.election is off and running. Gellard recently used Facebook to garner grassroots support to persuade the party to adopt a film that was popular among its members as a...
Yesterday, the leaders of the three largest British parties borrowed an American political tradition by taking part in the UK's first live televised debate in the run up to the May 6 general election.
Labour manifesto exclusive: inside Alexander and Miliband's "word of mouth" election (newstatesman.com) Political Campaigns. In the past two days, the UK Labour Party has uploaded several videos to its YouTube channel that are a departure from what...
UK Election 2010: Sitting on the Fence for a Fortnight UK General Election "Least Well-Kept Secret of Recent Years" So, over here in the U.K.we're in the thick of our election campaign. Editor's note: This is the first in a series of columns...
According to BBC News, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has confirmed that UK Election 2010 will be held on May 6, 2010. Many people are focused on the UK election polls. The UK General Election campaign has officially begun.
President Barack Obama's use of the Web on his way to the White House in 2008 has inspired British political parties to ramp up their digital campaigns for a general election expected in May. How will digital strategies and tactics popularized by...
